The first case of prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis infection in Sri Lanka

• Main Authors: T. Jeyakanth, P. Mayurathan, M. Guruparan, F.N. Mubarak, M.V.S.C. Pathirage, S Sivasunthan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology 2015-10-01
• Series: Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Subjects: prosthetic valve endocarditis, salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis
• Online Access: https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/8085

<p>Prosthetic  valve  replacement  is   one of  the  predisposing  factors  for  the  development  of infective  endocarditis.  Prosthetic  valve  infective  endocarditis  caused  by  non typhoidal <em>Salmonellae </em> is  an  uncommon  manifestation.  We  report  a  case  of  a  female  patient  with  a history  of  bioprosthetic  aortic  valve  replacement  admitted  due  to  prolonged  fever   with  diarrhoea.  The  echocardiogram  revealed a prosthetic  valve  vegetation  with  the  etiological  diagnosis  of  infective  endocarditis  by  <em>Salmonella enterica </em>Serovar Enteritidis.  She  had  a  fulminant  clinical  course  and  died  after  6  months  despite  prolonged  antibiotic  treatment.<em></em></p>