A case of Leclercia adecarboxylata endocarditis in a woman with endometrial cancer

Am J Med Sci. 2009 Feb;337(2):146-7. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31817bf997.

Abstract

Leclercia adecarboxylata, a motile, gram-negative bacillus of the enterobacteriaceae family, is rarely recovered as a pathogen. We report an exceptionally rare case of L. adecarboxylata endocarditis complicated by embolization of the kidney and spleen in a 48-year-old woman with endometrial cancer. After 4 weeks of antimicrobial treatment, she recovered without sequelae.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / complications*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / pathogenicity*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / complications*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infarction / etiology
  • Kidney / blood supply
  • Middle Aged
  • Splenic Infarction / etiology