Corynebacterium endocarditis of a percutaneously placed transcatheter pulmonary valve

Cardiol Young. 2014 Oct;24(5):932-4. doi: 10.1017/S1047951113001492. Epub 2013 Oct 8.

Abstract

We report a case of endocarditis of a transcatheter pulmonary valve-in-valve in a 14-year-old boy with tetralogy of Fallot. He presented with recurrent low-grade fevers, lethargy, and anorexia. Multiple blood cultures grew a gram-positive rod, Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum. He was taken to the operating room for removal of the vegetative endocarditis and pulmonary valve replacement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Corynebacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Corynebacterium Infections / diagnosis*
  • Corynebacterium Infections / microbiology
  • Echocardiography
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
  • Pulmonary Valve / surgery*
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / complications
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / diagnosis