TRICUSPID-VALVE INFECTIOUS ENDOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH DENTAL TREATMENT

A 52-year-old man with neither congenital heart disease nor history of drug abuse had a spiking fever after dental treatment and was diagnos ed with pneumonia at a local clinic. He was treated with antibiotics a nd his fever went down. Ten months later, he had again pyrexia and suf fered from congestive heart failure. He admitted to our hospital and t ricuspid valve endocarditis was proved by echocardiography. He was tre ated with penicillin. However, during the treatment, he developed a pu lmonary embolism. So he underwent surgical treatment. We should take d ental treatment into account one of predisposing cases of tricuspid en docarditis.