Key result
Medical therapy successfully treats native tricuspid valve staphylococcal endocarditis in a structurally normal pediatric heart.
Why the study?
Right-sided infectious endocarditis involving the tricuspid valve is mainly associated with cardiac malformations or intravenous drug use, and its occurrence in children with structurally normal hearts is exceptionally rare.
Case Report (n=1)
Right-sided infectious endocarditis can rarely occur in children with structurally normal hearts and present atypically as bronchopneumonia and septicemia.
Right-sided IE may mimic bronchopneumonia in children with normal hearts; single case leaves incidence and management questions open.
Right sided infectious endocarditis (IE) by involvement of tricuspid valve is mainly associated with cardiac malformations or intravenous drug use. Occurrence of right-sided IE in children with structurally normal heart is exceptionallyrare. We report the case of 9-year-old child presenting with bronchopneumonia and septicaemia who was diagnosed to have native tricuspid valve staphylococcal endocarditis and was successfully treated.
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Rajasekhar et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Native tricuspid valve staphylococcal endocarditis and sepsis (n=1). Treatment for staphylococcal endocarditis was evaluated on Successful treatment. A 9-year-old child with a structurally normal heart presenting with bronchopneumonia and septicaemia was successfully treated for native tricuspid valve staphylococcal endocarditis.
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