Concomitant endocarditis and spondylodiscitis due to coagulase-negative Staphylococci and a review of the literature

Abstract

Highlights When CoNS are found repetitively in the context of cardiac foreign body materials, endocarditis should be considered. Given the subacute nature of CoNS-infections, one needs to alert to endocarditis, even if the symptoms are still mild. When CoNS-related endocarditis patients complain of back pain, concominantly occuring spondylodiscitis should be considered. Concominant endocarditis and spondylodiscitis caused by CoNS is rare with only 12 cases reported in literature so far.

Infective endocarditis: Role of molecular techniques in early diagnosis

“…Coagulase negative staphylococci , invariably present in natural skin flora, have a high proclivity for colonizing foreign materials in the human body and causes prosthetic valve endocarditis ( Chu et al, 2008 , Houkes et al, 2021 ). Endocarditis caused by this pathogen in a young, otherwise stable person who did not use intravenous drugs and had no other risk factors for IE is uncommon.…”