Open AccessLate prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
Author(s) -
Mohammed Al Shehri,
Muhammad Samsoor Zarak,
Arif R. Sarwari
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/jgid.jgid_99_19
Subject(s) - infective endocarditis , enterococcus , medicine , endocarditis , microbiology and biotechnology , cardiology , biology , antibiotics
Enterococcus durans is an extremely rare cause of infective endocarditis. We have reported the first case where a 56-year-old female presented with late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis on a mechanical mitral valve. Medical management failed and eventually lead to the demise of the patient.