[Surgical treatment for aortic valve endocarditis combined with bacterial meningitis and vertebral osteomyelitis;report of a case]

Kyobu Geka. 2015 Feb;68(2):121-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 59-year-old man was referred to our hospital with disturbance of consciousness. Bacterial meningitis was diagnosed by a spinal tap, and penicillin sensitive Streptococcus pneumonia was detected by blood culture. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a vertebral osteomyelitis. Treatment with antibiotics was started immediately. Four days after admission, congestive heart failure suddenly occurred. Echocardiography showed mobile vegetation on the aortic valve, and severe regurgitation. As acute heart failure could not be controlled, the aortic valve was replaced by ATS 22AP valve on the 7th day after admission. Antibiotic therapy was continued for 8 weeks. The postoperative course was uneventful.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve / microbiology
  • Aortic Valve / surgery
  • Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / microbiology
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / microbiology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology*