Edgar Pollet1*, Delphine Vervloet2 and Marie Schurgers3
1Department of Internal Medicine, UZ-Leuven/KU-Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2Department of Cardiology, Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium
3Department of Nefrology, Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium
*Corresponding author: Dr. Edgar Pollet, Department of Internal Medicine, UZ-Leuven/KU-Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
E-mail: edgar.pollet.prive@gmail.com.
PVE (Prosthetic valve endocarditis) is a rare but potentially fatal side effect of valve surgery. Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a very uncommon cause of endocarditis; thus far, only 11 cases have been reported. In this case report, we present an interesting case of a rare E. coli prosthetic valve infective endocarditis (IE) in a 73-year-old man, which was successfully treated with Ceftriaxone without cardiac surgery. We summarize the previous cases alongside highlighting the difficulty in diagnosing PVE with transesophageal echocardiography.
Keywords: Prosthetic valve endocarditis; Escherichia coli; Infective endocarditis
