Three Fatal Cases of Rapidly Progressive Infective Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus Aureus One Case With Huge Vegetation

Eri Miyata; Shinji Satoh; Kosuke Inokuchi; Akemi Aso; Yoshikuni Kimura; Shinji Yokoyama; Etsuo Mori; Toshihiro Nakamura; Takahiro Matsumoto; Yusuke Fujino; Yasuhiro Kishihara; Ken Uda; Koichiro Takemoto; Toru Inoue; Suguru Nakayama; Ryozo Kobayashi; Noriko Uesugi; Koji Hiyamuta

doi:10.1253/circj.71.1488

Case Report

Three Fatal Cases of Rapidly Progressive Infective Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus Aureus

One Case With Huge Vegetation

Eri Miyata, Shinji Satoh, Kosuke Inokuchi, Akemi Aso, Yoshikuni Kimura, Shinji Yokoyama, Etsuo Mori, Toshihiro Nakamura, Takahiro Matsumoto, Yusuke Fujino, Yasuhiro Kishihara, Ken Uda, Koichiro Takemoto, Toru Inoue, Suguru Nakayama, Ryozo Kobayashi, Noriko Uesugi, Koji Hiyamuta

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Eri Miyata
Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Shinji Satoh
Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Kosuke Inokuchi
Seihokai Marine Hospital
Akemi Aso
Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Yoshikuni Kimura
Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Shinji Yokoyama
Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Etsuo Mori
Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Toshihiro Nakamura
Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Takahiro Matsumoto
Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Yusuke Fujino
Department of General Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Yasuhiro Kishihara
Department of General Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Ken Uda
Department of Brain Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Koichiro Takemoto
Department of Brain Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Toru Inoue
Department of Brain Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Suguru Nakayama
Department of Emergent Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Ryozo Kobayashi
Department of Emergent Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Noriko Uesugi
Department of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
Koji Hiyamuta
Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center

Keywords: Infective endocarditis, Prosthetic valve, Staphylococcus aureus, Vegetation

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2007 Volume 71 Issue 9 Pages 1488-1491

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.71.1488

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Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe disease with a high mortality despite intensive therapy. Three cases of S. aureus IE had a rapidly progressive fatal clinical course despite intensive antimicrobial therapy. One case was methicillin-sensitive S. aureus IE, which formed rapidly growing a huge vegetation on a prosthetic mitral valve, complicated with multiple systemic emboli. The other 2 cases were methicillin-resistant S. aureus IE without any predisposing heart disease. (Circ J 2007; 71: 1488 - 1491)

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