Group B Streptococcus endocarditis with left ventricle-right atrium (Gerbode's) defect

Jasmine O Y Ho; Fadel Moghrabi; Ranjit P Deshpande

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.071

Group B Streptococcus endocarditis with left ventricle-right atrium (Gerbode's) defect

Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jun;97(6):e165-6. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.071.

Authors

Jasmine O Y Ho¹, Fadel Moghrabi², Ranjit P Deshpande²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

PMID: 24882334
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.071

Abstract

We report an unusual case of a 61-year-old woman with group B Streptococcus-positive infective endocarditis and a left ventricular-right atrium or Gerbode's defect. We discuss the issues surrounding such an infection and the implications of such a rare cardiac defect in our case report.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
Female
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / etiology*
Humans
Middle Aged
Streptococcal Infections / complications*
Streptococcus agalactiae*