ROTHIA-DENTOCARIOSA ENDOCARDITIS COMPLICATED BY PERIVALVULAR ABSCESS

A 35-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use developed end ocarditis due to Rothia dentocariosa that was complicated by a perival vular abscess. Despite combined medical and surgical treatment, absces s formation progressed following aortic valve replacement, and the pat ient died during a second operative procedure. This is the sixth case of Bothia dentocariosa endocarditis reported in the English-language l iterature, and to our knowledge, the only case in which a perivalvular abscess has been documented.