Complete heart block resulting from quadricuspid aortic valve penicillin-resistant pneumococcal endocarditis: a case report

Circ J. 2003 Mar;67(3):275-6. doi: 10.1253/circj.67.275.

Abstract

A 62-year-old woman was referred to hospital to be treated for complete heart block with syncope. A quadricuspid aortic valve without vegetation and aortic valve regurgitation (AR) were observed by transesophageal echocardiography. Blood culture showed penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. The patient received a permanent pacemaker implantation (VDD type) and was given antibiotics. Although infection improved, heart failure was not improved because AR hemodynamic changes became worse. An aortic valve replacement was performed using a prosthesis on the 26th day of hospitalization. The patient recovered and was discharged.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve / microbiology*
  • Aortic Valve / surgery
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / microbiology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Endocarditis / complications*
  • Endocarditis / microbiology
  • Female
  • Heart Block / etiology*
  • Heart Block / microbiology
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Penicillins
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae*

Substances

  • Penicillins