• Title of article

    Aortic valve streptococcus group B endocarditis post-extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

  • Author/Authors

    Meidani، Mohsen نويسنده Department of Infectious Diseases, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan , , Taghavi، Mahboobeh نويسنده Cardiac Rehabilitation Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran , , Abdar Esfahani، Morteza نويسنده Cardiology Department, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran ,

  • Issue Information
    دوماهنامه با شماره پیاپی 36 سال 2013
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    300
  • To page
    302
  • Abstract
    BACKGROUND: Sub-acute left-sided bacterial endocarditis is a serious condition that may present with variable clinical manifestations. Its symptoms include both sterile and infected emboli, and various immunological phenomena. CASE REPORT: This report presents a 55 year old man with frequency and dysuria after a lithotripsy and several admissions with urosepsis. Due to the suspicion of infective endocarditis echocardiography was done which confirmed streptococcus group B endocarditis. CONCLUSION: Streptococci group B is one of the rare causes of infective endocarditis, but it was observed after various producers such as lithotripsy.
  • Journal title
    Arya Atherosclerosis
  • Serial Year
    2013
  • Journal title
    Arya Atherosclerosis
  • Record number

    2311261