Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Infective Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis with Pulmonary Emboli Caused by Campylobacter Fetus after Tooth Extraction
Keisuke MIKI, Ryoji MAEKURA, Toru HIRAGA, Atsushi HIROTANI, Hisako HASHIMOTO, Seigo KITADA, Mari MIKI, Kenji YOSHIMURA, Nobuyuki NAKA, Masaharu MOTONE, Takeya FUJIKAWA, Shodayu TAKASHIMA, Rika KITAZUME, Hideaki KANZAKI, Satoshi NAKATANI, Hirotaka WATANUKI, Osamu TAGUSARI, Junjiro KOBAYASHI, Masami ITO
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Keywords: valvuloplasty, dental treatment
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2005 Volume 44 Issue 10 Pages 1055-1059

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Abstract

We describe a case of infective endocarditis caused by Campylobacter fetus accompanied by pulmonary emboli. A 52-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to febrile temperatures with a history of dental treatment followed by eating raw meat. Computed tomography revealed multiple infiltrations and a nodule with low attenuation area and feeding vessels. A mobile mass, possible vegetation, attached to the tricuspid valve was detected by transthoracic echocardiography. Two blood cultures disclosed Campylobacter fetus. Long-term antibiotic therapy was given, curing the infection with valvuloplasty. We presented the possibility that infective Campylobacter fetus endocarditis after dental treatment was caused by eating raw meat.

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