Key result
Post-splenectomy coagulase-negative staphylococcus causes rare native mitral valve endocarditis.
Why the study?
Native valve endocarditis caused by coagulase negative staphylococci is rare but increasing in native valve involvement, especially post-splenectomy.
Highlights a rare case of native mitral valve endocarditis caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci following splenectomy for trauma.
May signal post-splenectomy CoNS mitral endocarditis risk; leaves open need for prospective incidence and management data.
Native valve endocarditis caused by coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS) were a seldom condition, nevertheless there is an increasing CoNS native valve involvement. Here we present a 43 year old patient who underwent Splenectomy due to abdominal trauma he suffered a month before who encountered mitral valve endocarditis caused by coagulase negative staphylococci.
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Abdi et al. (2022) studied this question. Coagulase-negative staphylococci caused a rare case of native mitral valve endocarditis in a 43-year-old patient one month after a splenectomy for abdominal trauma.
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