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Enterococcus faecalis Endocarditis of All Four Native Valves: A Case Report.
Curēus 2024 Februrary
Enterococcus faecalis is commonly implicated in Infective Endocarditis (IE), resulting in remarkable morbidity and mortality. We present an unusual case documenting the clinical course and outcome of an elderly female patient who developed quadruple valve endocarditis due to Enterococcus faecalis infection. She presented with altered mental status, resulting in hospitalization, and was found to have bacteremia complicated by endocarditis, epidural abscess, discitis, and splenic infarction. Urinalysis was consistent with bacterial infection two days before being admitted to the hospital. Unfortunately, despite aggressive therapeutic regimens, the patient died. This is one of the few documented endocarditis cases involving all heart valves. It reviews the importance of maintaining a high index of clinical suspicion for assessing IE, with a low threshold for performing a transesophageal echocardiogram as a diagnostic tool.
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