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Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis caused by Neisseria elongata in a Previously Healthy Patient
Sara Haddad
1
, Ralph Tayyar
1
, Phillip Gary
1
, Jerome Santoro
2
, Brett Gilbert
2
1
Internal Medicine Department and
2
Infectious Diseases Division, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA, United States.
Corresponding Author:
Dr Ralph Tayyar
Email: rtayyar@stanford.edu
Received:
10-DEC-2020
Accepted:
04-FEB-2021
Published Online:
25-MAR-2021
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2021.0017
Abstract
Background
:
Neisseria elongata
can behave as an opportunistic infection and can cause an array of diseases, including destructive endocarditis. Around 60% of cases of
N. elongata
infective endocarditis require surgical intervention. We report a case of
N. elongata
native aortic valve endocarditis in a previously healthy patient with no known risk factors who required valve replacement.
Case Report
: A 63-year-old female with no risk factors presented with fevers, headache and anorexia and was found to have
Neisseria elongata
endocarditis. Transesophageal echocardiography showed a 1.5×1.5 cm vegetation on aortic valve. Patient did well after aortic valve replacement surgery and a 6-week course of ceftriaxone.
Conclusion
:
N. elongata
endocarditis should be thought off in endocarditis cases, even with no apparent risk factors and cardiothoracic surgical evaluation is imperative due to destructive nature of this disease.
Keywords :
Aortic Valve, Endocarditis, Fever, Heart Valve Prosthesis, Neisseria elongata.
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