Endocarditis infecciosa de válvula aórtica por pseudomonas aeruginosa: reporte de caso

Fabio Mauricio Sánchez Cano; Cristian Iván García Rincón; Luz Yaneth Becerra Salazar

doi:10.30554/archmed.15.1.273.2015

Infectious endocarditis aortic valve Pseudomonas aeruginosa : a case report

Endocarditis infecciosa de válvula aórtica por pseudomonas aeruginosa: reporte de caso

Published 2015-06-30

https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.15.1.273.2015

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Sánchez Cano, F. M., García Rincón, C. I., & Becerra Salazar, L. Y. (2015). Infectious endocarditis aortic valve Pseudomonas aeruginosa : a case report. Archivos De Medicina , 15(1), 151-157. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.15.1.273.2015

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Sánchez Cano, F. M., García Rincón, C. I., & Becerra Salazar, L. Y. (2015). Infectious endocarditis aortic valve Pseudomonas aeruginosa : a case report. Archivos De Medicina , 15(1), 151-157. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.15.1.273.2015

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Fabio Mauricio Sánchez Cano

MD, Internista Geriatra. Unidad de Cuidado Intermedio. Hospital Santa Sofía de Caldas. Manizales-Colombia.

Cristian Iván García Rincón

MD, Internista. Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe. Medellín-Colombia.

Luz Yaneth Becerra Salazar

MD, Epidemióloga. Unidad de Cuidado Intermedio. Hospital Santa Sofía de Caldas.

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Fabio Mauricio Sánchez Cano,

Manizales (Caldas)

Cristian Iván García Rincón,

Manizales (Caldas)

Luz Yaneth Becerra Salazar,

Medellin (Antioquia)

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endocarditis

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

aortic valve.

Infective endocarditis (IE) is caused by microorganisms of the endocardial surface of the heart, that posteriorly leads to vegetation formation. It is most commonly caused by gram-positive organisms, such as Staphylococcus and Streptococcus; gramnegative microorganisms cause about 10% of all cases of endocarditis. Less than Archivos 2% of IE is caused by Gram-negative non-HACEK (ie, Hemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella) microorganisms, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa; the latter affects mostly immunocompromised patients, leading to severe
nosocomial infections, with high rates of morbidity and mortality. It is associated with intravenous drug abusers, catheter related infections and prosthetic valve disease. Common sources are the respiratory tract, urinary tract and blood stream infection.
We describe the case of an immunocompetent 73 year male patient, who had infective endocarditis of an aortic prosthetic valve.

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