Pseudomonas MitraClip® endocarditis: A case report and review of literature

oleh: Ralph Tayyar, Oneib Khan, Kashyap Chauhan, Andrew Ines, Erin Carnish

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Elsevier 2020-01-01

Deskripsi

Endocarditis from Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a rare cause of endocarditis with most of those cases in patients with intravenous drug abuse. The MitraClip® is a relatively new device with few incidences of endocarditis in the literature. Here we present the first reported case of pseudomonal endocarditis of a MitraClip® in a non-IV drug user. Keywords: Pseudomonas, MitraClip®, Endocarditis