Infective endocarditis associated with upper endoscopy: Case report and review

Lactobacillus rhamnosus Endocarditis After Upper Endoscopy

“…Despite this potential risk, reports of endocarditis following upper endoscopy are rare [8]. Although cases of Lactobacillus endocarditis have been described following colonoscopy [9, 10], to our knowledge there are no prior cases of Lactobacillus endocarditis following upper endoscopy reported in the literature.…”

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

“…However, the majority of patients with endocarditis due to CoNS usually Staphylococcus capitis endocarditis due to a transvenous endocardial pacemaker infection 337 present with a subacute picture more reminiscent of endocarditis due to the viridans streptococci. 1,17 In the current patient with S. capitis endocarditis, the colonies that grew on blood agar were very tiny and required 72 hours to grow. Although auxotrophism studies were not performed on the isolated organism, its slow growth and small colony appearance suggest that they are small colony variants (SCVs).…”

“…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.…”

Risque infectieux lié à l’endoscopie digestive

“…Il est difficile de dire si cette bactériémie est cliniquement significative. En effet, seuls 13 cas d'endocardites infectieuses liées à une endoscopie digestive haute sont rapportés dans la littérature dont 8 seulement sont bien documentés (tableau II) [9,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. L'endoscopie digestive basse peut aussi causer une bactériémie.…”