Endocarditis Due to Staphylococcus capitis subspecies ureolyticus

Recurrent Staphylococcus capitis Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Presenting With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report

“…Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are constituents of our normal skin flora and have been shown to colonize foreign materials in the human body. S. capitis mainly colonize the skin of the scalp, ears, neck, and face and it accounts for approximately 5% of coagulase-negative isolates that cause pneumonia, urinary tract infection, cellulitis, and bacteremia [9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. The adhesion ability of S. capitis to foreign surfaces is lower compared to most CoNS; however, S. capitis as a cause of infective endocarditis is well documented in the literature but not that common.…”

Staphylococcus capitis endocarditis due to a transvenous endocardial pacemaker infection: Case report and review of Staphylococcus capitis endocarditis

“…All but three have involved native valves with two infecting prosthetic valves and a single case of infection in an implanted transvenous pacemaker. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Twelve of all 14 (86%) including this patient were male. These cases are summarized in Table 1.…”

“…Thirteen previously-reported patients with S. capitis endocarditis were also reviewed. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Case report An 80-year-old white male underwent transvenous pacemaker placement in 1987 and again in February 2002. Aside from previous orthopedic surgery 20 years earlier, he had not undergone any other surgical procedures nor did he take medication regularly.…”

Native and Prosthetic Valve Staphylococcus capitis Endocarditis: A Review of the Literature

“…Complications included heart failure in two patients, embolic phenomenon to the leg in two patients, arrhythmia in one patient, multiorgan failure in one patient, and facial nerve palsy with hemiplegia in one patient. In terms of mortality, two patients died with one patient hav-ing mitral involvement and the other aortic involvement (Table 1) [3,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22].…”