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Corynebacterium endocarditis of a percutaneously placed transcatheter pulmonary valve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Jason N. Johnson ,
Stephen G. Miller  and
Andrew J. Lodge
Jason N. Johnson
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Stephen G. Miller
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Andrew J. Lodge*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Dr A. J. Lodge, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3340, Durham, NC 27710, United States of America. Tel: +919 681 2343; Fax: +919 681 4907; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We report a case of endocarditis of a transcatheter pulmonary valve-in-valve in a 14-year-old boy with tetralogy of Fallot. He presented with recurrent low-grade fevers, lethargy, and anorexia. Multiple blood cultures grew a gram-positive rod, Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum. He was taken to the operating room for removal of the vegetative endocarditis and pulmonary valve replacement.

Keywords

Endocarditisheart valve prosthesis implantationtranscatheter pulmonary valve
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , October 2014 , pp. 932 - 934
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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