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. 2017 Aug 2:10:22-25.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2017.07.010. eCollection 2017.

Infective endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas stutzeri in a patient with Marfan syndrome: Case report and brief literature review

Ahmad Shalabi  1 , Tristan Ehrlich  1 , Hans-Joachim Schäfers  1 , Sören L Becker  2
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Infective endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas stutzeri in a patient with Marfan syndrome: Case report and brief literature review

Ahmad Shalabi et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

Invasive infections due to Pseudomonas stutzeri have rarely been described and mainly occur in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of infective endocarditis caused by P. stutzeri after previous cardiac surgery in a Lebanese patient with Marfan syndrome. We review the literature and conclude that this pathogen may be of particular medical relevance in the Mediterranean Basin.

Keywords: Diagnosis; Endocarditis; Infection; Mediterranean Basin; Pseudomonas stutzeri.

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(A) Transthoracic echocardiography of a patient with P. stutzeri endocarditis, apical view of the left heart demonstrating a floating structure on the mitral ring, which is suggestive of a bacterial vegetation (arrow). (B) Transesophageal echocardiography of the same patient: long section of the mitral valve, demonstrating the same floating structure (arrow).
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