Aortic valve streptococcus group B endocarditis post-extracorporeal shock  wave lithotripsy

Mohsen Meidani; Mahboobeh Taghavi; Morteza Abdar Esfahani

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Aortic valve streptococcus group B endocarditis post-extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

Mohsen Meidani, Mahboobeh Taghavi, Morteza Abdar Esfahani

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Sub-acute left-sided bacterial endocarditis is a serious condition that may present with variable clinical manifestations. Its symptoms include both sterile and infected emboli, and various immunological phenomena.

CASE REPORT: This report presents a 55 year old man with frequency and dysuria after a lithotripsy and several admissions with urosepsis. Due to the suspicion of infective endocarditis echocardiography was done which confirmed streptococcus group B endocarditis.

CONCLUSION: Streptococci group B is one of the rare causes of infective endocarditis, but it was observed after various producers such as lithotripsy.

Keywords: Group B Streptococci, Infective Endocarditis, Lithotripsy

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