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Three fatal cases of rapidly progressive infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus: one case with huge vegetation. |
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| Authors: | Eri Miyata Shinji Satoh Kosuke Inokuchi Akemi Aso Yoshikuni Kimura Shinji Yokoyama Etsuo Mori Toshihiro Nakamura Takahiro Matsumoto Yusuke Fujino Yasuhiro Kishihara Ken Uda Koichiro Takemoto Toru Inoue Suguru Nakayama Ryozo Kobayashi Noriko Uesugi Koji Hiyamuta |
| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan. |
| Abstract: | Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe disease with a high mortality despite intensive therapy. Three cases of S. aureus IE had a rapidly progressive fatal clinical course despite intensive antimicrobial therapy. One case was methicillin-sensitive S. aureus IE, which formed rapidly growing a huge vegetation on a prosthetic mitral valve, complicated with multiple systemic emboli. The other 2 cases were methicillin-resistant S. aureus IE without any predisposing heart disease. |
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