Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Escherichia Coli
Published: June 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/27201.10046
Thangam Menon, Nandhakumar Balakrishnan, Shanmugasundaram Somasundaram, Prabu Dhandapani
1. Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
2. Past Research Scholar, Department of Microbiology, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
3. Professor (Retd), Department of Cardiology, Madras Medical College and General Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Thangam Menon,
Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Dr. ALM PGIBMS, University of Madras,
Taramani, Chennai-113, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
E-mail: thangam56@gmail.com
Escherichia coli is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. This report describes a case of native valve endocarditis caused by Escherichia coli in a 58-year-old male renal transplant patient who had a concurrent urinary tract infection caused by the same organism. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotics and recovered without surgical intervention.
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