() is a gram negative bacterium rarely associated with cases of infective endocarditis (IE). Involvement of three cardiac valves, as evidenced by echocardiography, is uncommon as well. IE and tri-valvular endocarditis have been rarely described in literature. We report a unique case of tri-valvular IE in a 42-year-old female with sudden altered mental status and no underlying structural heart disease complicated by embolic infarcts in both cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres, and a sub-arachnoid hemorrhage. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of tri-valvular IE. We believe this report will add to the growing literature of rare bacterial IE and considering this in the differential in the right clinical scenario.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9332831 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3954 | DOI Listing |
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