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Case Reports
. 2010 Sep 29:2010:bcr0620103064.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.06.2010.3064.

Kytococcus schroeteri prosthetic valve endocarditis

Taher Yousri  1 , Mohammad Hawari, Rasheed Saad, Steve Langley
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Case Reports

Kytococcus schroeteri prosthetic valve endocarditis

Taher Yousri et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

We report the case of a 64-year-old male patient with a prosthetic aortic valve who presented with clinical features of endocarditis confirmed by transoesophageal echocardiography. His blood cultures were positive for a very rare and newly described organism-Kytococcus schroeteri. The patient underwent aortic valve replacement and a 6-week course of intravenous antibiotics. This is the fifth reported case of endocarditis associated with this organism.

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Figure 1
Transoesophageal echo showed echo-free space around the aortic valve and severe aortic valve regurgitation.
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