Open AccessNative valve Escherichia coli endocarditis following urosepsis
Author(s) -
Desikan Rangarajan,
S Ramakrishnan,
KC Patro,
S. K. Devaraj,
Venkatesh Tekur Krishnamurthy,
Y Kothari,
N Satyaki
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.111866
Subject(s) - medicine , endocardium , infective endocarditis , sepsis , escherichia coli , endocarditis , urinary system , microbiology and biotechnology , mitral valve replacement , heart failure , mitral valve , cardiology , biology , biochemistry , gene
Gram-negative organisms are a rare cause of infective endocarditis. Escherichia coli, the most common cause of urinary tract infection and gram-negative septicemia involves endocardium rarely. In this case report, we describe infection of native mitral valve by E. coli following septicemia of urinary tract origin in a diabetic male; subsequently, he required prosthetic tissue valve replacement indicated by persistent sepsis and congestive cardiac failure.