TITLE:
One Case about the Diagnosis and Treatment of Right-Sided Infective Endocarditis without Any Inducement
AUTHORS:
Shengsen Chen, Kangkang Yu, Qingxia Ling, Chong Huang, Jianming Zheng, Qi Cheng, Mengqi Zhu, Ning Li, Mingquan Chen
KEYWORDS:
Right-Sided Endocarditis, Staphylococcus aureus, Daptomycin, Vancomycin
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.3 No.12,
December
5,
2014
ABSTRACT: We present a case of Staphylococcus aurous tricuspid valve endocarditis without any risk factors (intravenous drug users, with pacemaker or central venous lines and with congenital heart disease). Transthoracic echocardiography, as first line examination, showed the vegetations on tricuspid valve. In our case, the diagnosis and treatment of right-sided infective endocarditis without any inducement were extremely difficult. Therefore, once a patient comes out with fever, the blood culture remains positive for gram-positive bacterium, and the infectious location still unknown, then the infective endocarditis should be considered. In addition, surgical measure is also an important therapy for right-sided infective endocarditis.