Isolated Native Pulmonic Valve Infective Endocarditis with Staphylococcus Lugdunensis

Sahra Ahmadi^1, and Jennifer Giuseffi²

¹Department of Internal Medicine, WellStar Kennestone Medical Center, Marietta, GA, United States of America

²Department of Cardiology, WellStar Kennestone Medical Center, Marietta, GA, United States of America

Cite this paper:
Sahra Ahmadi and Jennifer Giuseffi. Isolated Native Pulmonic Valve Infective Endocarditis with Staphylococcus Lugdunensis. American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research. 2021; 7(1):10-12. doi: 10.12691/ajcdr-7-1-3

Abstract

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening inflammation of the endocardial surface of the heart usually caused by an infection in a patient with a pre-existing heart condition. Isolated pulmonic valve IE cases without risk factors comprise a very small entity of cases. Bacteremic speciation with a coagulase-negative staphylococci, although not as common as its coagulase positive counterpart, carries significant pathogenic potential and deserves regard. Staphylococcus lugdunensis commonly lives on a person’s skin that is typically harmless when it remains outside the body but associated with high morbidity and mortality when present in the bloodstream. Our case describes a patient with IE of the pulmonic valve without risk factors cultured with the virulent Staphylococcus lugdunensis.

Keywords:
infective endocarditis staphylococcus lugdunensis pulmonic valve native valve

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