Replacement of the Native Mitral Valve Due to Endocarditis Caused by Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Dec 1;34(5):615-617. doi: 10.21470/1678-9741-2019-0300.

Abstract

We report a case of a 59-year-old female patient with vegetative native mitral valve endocarditis caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (SM). She had hemodialysis-dependent chronic renal failure, but no immunosuppressive disease. Echocardiography showed mobile vegetation on her native mitral valve. Right femoral artery embolectomy and mitral valve replacement were performed simultaneously. She awakened from anesthesia, but she passed away due to septic shock complications. To the best of our knowledge, this was the first case in whom native mitral valve endocarditis caused by SM was observed (despite of absence of any immunosuppressive event) and needed to undergo valve replacement.

Keywords: Embolectomy; Endocarditis; Mitral Valve; Septic Shock; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / complications
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications
  • Heart Valve Diseases / microbiology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Shock, Septic / etiology
  • Stenotrophomonas maltophilia*