Serratia marcescens Endocarditis with Perivalvular Abscess Presenting as Atrioventricular Block

المؤلفون المشاركون

Richardson, Aaron
Martinez, Andres
Ghetiya, Shreya
Missov, Emil
Percy, Robert
Sattiraju, Srinivasan

المصدر

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

العدد

المجلد 2020، العدد 2020 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2020)، ص ص. 1-5، 5ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2020-06-11

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

5

التخصصات الرئيسية

الأمراض

الملخص EN

Serratia marcescens is an aerobic, Gram-negative bacillus first identified in 1819 (Yeung et al.

2018).

S.

marcescens infective endocarditis is extremely rare accounting for only 0.14% of all cases (Phadke and Jacob 2016, Hadano et al.

2012, Nikolakopoulos et al.

2019).

We present the case of a 33-year-old male with a past medical history of Hodgkin lymphoma, nonischemic cardiomyopathy ejection fraction of 25–30%, severe aortic stenosis, hepatitis C, and active intravenous (IV) drug abuse who was admitted following a motor vehicle accident.

Approximately 10 days into his admission, he developed a 39.5 degree Celsius fever, which prompted collection of blood cultures.

These cultures were positive (2 out of 2) for S.

marcescens for which he was treated with intravenous cefepime.

Soon after this diagnosis, patient developed a complete AV block.

Given the instability of the patient, he required emergent placement of a temporary pacing wire.

Transesophageal echocardiogram was ordered and revealed an aortic root abscess.

Given the comorbidities and active IV drug use, conservative management was pursued.

Although rare, trends suggest that this pathogen may be on the rise.

Further research is needed to better understand how to effectively manage this pathogen.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Richardson, Aaron& Martinez, Andres& Ghetiya, Shreya& Missov, Emil& Percy, Robert& Sattiraju, Srinivasan. 2020. Serratia marcescens Endocarditis with Perivalvular Abscess Presenting as Atrioventricular Block. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148217

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Richardson, Aaron…[et al.]. Serratia marcescens Endocarditis with Perivalvular Abscess Presenting as Atrioventricular Block. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148217

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Richardson, Aaron& Martinez, Andres& Ghetiya, Shreya& Missov, Emil& Percy, Robert& Sattiraju, Srinivasan. Serratia marcescens Endocarditis with Perivalvular Abscess Presenting as Atrioventricular Block. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148217

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1148217