Right-Sided Endocarditis Due to Salmonella typhi |
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Authors: | JP du Plessis K Govendrageloo SE Levin |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Baragwanath Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, PO Bertsham, 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa, ZA |
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Abstract: | A case of right-sided endocarditis due to Salmonella typhi is described involving a native tricuspid valve in a child who was human immunodeficiency virus negative with no evidence
of intravenous drug addiction. The patient had classic features of typhoid and tricuspid regurgitation without clinical evidence
of bacterial endocarditis. Transthoracic echocardiography confirmed the tricuspid regurgitation. However, transesophageal
echocardiography was necessary to demonstrate the vegetations affecting the tricuspid valve leaflets that made possible the
diagnosis of endocarditis. The infection was cured with intravenous ceftriaxone and oral amoxicillin. |
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Keywords: | : Endocarditis — Tricuspid valve — Salmonella typhi |
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