Key result
An 87-year-old woman with Streptococcus agalactiae bacteremia and infective endocarditis involving mitral annular calcification died from cardiac tamponade due to a ruptured perivalvular abscess.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the importance of recognizing mitral annular calcification as a predisposing factor for infective endocarditis, particularly involving Streptococcus agalactiae in older adults.
May warrant attention to S. agalactiae and MAC in elderly IE; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
genital and gastrointestinal tracts, frequently can lead to serious neonatal infections.Recently, invasive infections due to Streptococcus agalactiae in aged adults have been reported.Although MAC has been considered a relatively benign pathology of the elderly, it has also recently been reported as an underestimated predisposing factor and poor predictor for IE. 2 Streptococcus agalactiae and MAC should not be ignored in aged patients with IE.
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Ozawa et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Infective endocarditis involving mitral annular calcification (n=1). Streptococcus agalactiae infection and mitral annular calcification was evaluated on Death due to cardiac tamponade. An 87-year-old woman with Streptococcus agalactiae bacteremia and infective endocarditis involving mitral annular calcification died from cardiac tamponade due to a ruptured perivalvular abscess.
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