Infective endocarditis(IE)in patients with a quadricusp aortic valve(QAV)is a rare occurrence that has only been described nine times in English literature.Similar in rarity,IE by Gemella sanguinis has only been descr...Infective endocarditis(IE)in patients with a quadricusp aortic valve(QAV)is a rare occurrence that has only been described nine times in English literature.Similar in rarity,IE by Gemella sanguinis has only been described ten times.It has never been described in a patient with QAV.We describe a case of Gemella sanguinis infective endocarditis of a quadricusp aortic valve in a patient in his 4th decade of life.His QAV was detected on pre-operative transesophageal echocardiogram and confirmed intra-operatively.The patient was managed with bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement and a 6-week course of intravenous antibiotics.展开更多
文摘Infective endocarditis(IE)in patients with a quadricusp aortic valve(QAV)is a rare occurrence that has only been described nine times in English literature.Similar in rarity,IE by Gemella sanguinis has only been described ten times.It has never been described in a patient with QAV.We describe a case of Gemella sanguinis infective endocarditis of a quadricusp aortic valve in a patient in his 4th decade of life.His QAV was detected on pre-operative transesophageal echocardiogram and confirmed intra-operatively.The patient was managed with bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement and a 6-week course of intravenous antibiotics.
