An Autopsy Case of Erysipelothrix Rhusiopathiae Endocarditis

Yoshihiro Yamamoto; Kei Shioshita; Takahiro Takazono; Masafumi Seki; Koichi Izumikawa; Hiroshi Kakeya; Katsunori Yanagihara; Takayoshi Tashiro; Yoshihito Otsuka; Kiyofumi Ohkusu; Shigeru Kohno

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1150

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An Autopsy Case of Erysipelothrix Rhusiopathiae Endocarditis

Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Kei Shioshita, Takahiro Takazono, Masafumi Seki, Koichi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Kakeya, Katsunori Yanagihara, Takayoshi Tashiro, Yoshihito Otsuka, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Shigeru Kohno

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Yoshihiro Yamamoto
Department of Internal Medicine, Sasebo City General Hospital
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Kei Shioshita
Department of Internal Medicine, Sasebo City General Hospital
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Takahiro Takazono
Department of Internal Medicine, Sasebo City General Hospital
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Masafumi Seki
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Koichi Izumikawa
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Hiroshi Kakeya
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Katsunori Yanagihara
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Laboratory of Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Takayoshi Tashiro
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Yoshihito Otsuka
Laboratory of Medicine, Kameda Medical Center
Kiyofumi Ohkusu
Department of Microbiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine
Shigeru Kohno
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Keywords: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, endocarditis, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS

2008 Volume 47 Issue 15 Pages 1437-1440

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1150

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Abstract

A 58-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with fever. The vegetation was confirmed by echocardiography on the tricuspid valve and Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was isolated by blood culture. The patient died due to heart failure, and tricuspid valve vegetation was confirmed on autopsy and the sample of Gram's staining showed Gram-positive microcolonies. Although about 60 cases of E. rhusiopathiae endocarditis have been reported, Japanese cases are extremely rare.

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