Key result
A 56-year-old man with infective endocarditis due to Streptococcus anginosus developed a rare left-to-right intracardiac fistula and pulmonary thromboembolism, ultimately resulting in death.
Population
1 middle-aged diabetic man with infective endocarditis due to Streptococcus anginosus
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to rare fatal fistula in S. anginosus endocarditis; leaves open optimal prevention and management strategies.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare and fatal complication of Streptococcus anginosus infective endocarditis involving an intracardiac fistula.
Forster et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Infective endocarditis (n=1). Antibiotic therapy (ceftriaxone plus clarithromycin, later penicillin and gentamycin) was evaluated on Patient outcome. A 56-year-old man with infective endocarditis due to Streptococcus anginosus developed a rare left-to-right intracardiac fistula and pulmonary thromboembolism, ultimately resulting in death.
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