Hiroki Harada, Kaito Nakamura, Yuki Koyama, Koki Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Iwano, Mirei Nabuchi-Kawasaki, Yuta Kubono, Megumi Sano, Yoshimoto Serizawa, Hoshi Tetsuya
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening disease that affects the endocardial surface of the heart. Although heart valves are commonly involved in IE, in rare cases, vegetation is attached to the cardiac walls without valvular endocardial involvement, which is referred to as mural IE. In this case, a 60-year-old female presented with a seven-day history of fever associated with worsening pain in the right shoulder and left hip. Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. Equisimilis was detected in both blood and joint fluid cultures...
April 1, 2024: Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy: Official Journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy