Propionibacterium acnes prosthetic valve endocarditis with abscess formation: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endocarditis due to Propionibacterium acnes is a rare disease. Scant data on treatment of these infections is available and is based on case reports only. If the disease is complicated by abscess formation, surgical intervention combined with an antibiotic therapy might improve clinical outcome. In some cases, cardiac surgeons are reluctant to perform surgery, since they consider the intervention as high risk. Therefore, a conservative therapy is required, with little, if any evidence to choose the optimal antibiotic. We report the first case of a successfully treated patient with P. acnes prosthetic valve endocarditis without surgery.

Case presentation

We report the case of a 29-year-old patient with a prosthetic valve endocarditis and composite graft infection w

SUBMITTER: Kurz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4015906 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature