Case Report: Living on the Edge-Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Related Infective Endocarditis.

ABSTRACT: Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) following mitral valve edge-to-edge repair is a rare complication with high mortality. Case summary: A 91-year-old male patient was admitted to intensive care unit with sepsis due to urinary tract infection after insertion of a urinary catheter by the outpatient urologist. Two weeks ago, the patient was discharged from hospital after successful transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (TEER) using a PASCAL Ace device. The initially withdrawn blood revealed repeatedly Proteus mirabilis bacteremia as causal for the sepsis due to urinary tract infection. An antibiotic regime with Ampicillin/Sulbactam was initiated and discontinued after 7 days. During the clinical course the patient again developed fever and blood cultures aga

SUBMITTER: Lewandowski N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8774295 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature