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Streptococcus pseudoporcinus subacute mitral valve endocarditis: A case report
Peir-Yu Fang1, Sandeep A. Gandhi2
1DO, MS, Third-year resident in Family Medicine at Peconic Bay Medical Center-Northwell Health; Riverhead, NY, USA.
2MD FACP FIDSA, Infectious Disease Consultant, Department of Medicine at Peconic Bay Medical Center-Northwell Health; Riverhead, NY, USA.

Article ID: Z01201702CR10756PF
doi:10.5348/ijcri-201717-CR-10756

Address correspondence to:
Sandeep A. Gandhi
Infectious Disease Consultant
Department of Medicine at Peconic Bay Medical Center-Northwell Health
Riverhead, NY
USA

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Peir-Yu F, Gandhi SA. Streptococcus pseudoporcinus subacute mitral valve endocarditis: A case report. Int J Case Rep Images 2017;8(2):105–107.


Abstract
This is a case of a patient with subacute Streptococcus pseudoporcinus endocarditis, who presented with subjective fever, weight loss, and mental status changes. Multiple blood cultures were positive for Streptococcus pseudoporcinus and echocardiogram revealed mitral valve vegetation. Antibiotics cleared his blood, but the patient underwent a mitral valve replacement. This article illustrates a potentially emerging infection by a relatively new pathogen.

Keywords: Indolent infection, Mitral valve endocarditis, Non-female genital source, Streptococcus pseudoporcinus bacteremia, Subacute endocarditis


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Author Contributions
Peir-Yu Fang – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Sandeep A. Gandhi – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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