Open AccessMethicillin-sensible Staphylococcus aureus causing endocarditis, with cerebral and orthopaedic complications, in a 17-month-old child with no risk factor
Author(s) -
Guillaume Geslain,
Clara Bourgade,
Maryline Chomton,
Fleur Le Bourgeois
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2018-226388
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , staphylococcus aureus , meningitis , risk factor , stroke (engine) , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , surgery , infective endocarditis , pediatrics , mechanical engineering , genetics , bacteria , engineering , biology
We report a case of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis, with large vegetation, in a 17-month-old male infant, complicated with meningitis, ischaemic strokes and osteoarthritis leading to haemorrhagic stroke by aneurysm rupture. He did not present any risk factor for endocarditis. The final course was favourable through, after valve replacement. The strain was sensible to methicillin and belongs to complex clonal 398, with accessory gene regulator I. We did not found immunodeficiency.