Sudden death in Staphylococcus aureus-associated infective endocarditis due to perforation of a free-wall myocardial abscess

Authors
Anguera, I Quaglio, G Ferrer, B Nicolas, JM Pare, C Marco, F Miro, JM
Citation
I. Anguera et al., Sudden death in Staphylococcus aureus-associated infective endocarditis due to perforation of a free-wall myocardial abscess, SC J IN DIS, 33(8), 2001, pp. 622-625
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
00365548 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
622 - 625
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(2001)33:8<622:SDISAI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Free-wall myocardial abscess perforation with hemopericardium. and sudden d eath is an extremely infrequent complication of infective endocarditis (IE) . We describe a case of Staphylococcus aureus-associated native aortic and tricuspid valve endocarditis complicated by a septic myocardial infarction and abscess formation of embolic origin, with fatal rupture into the perica rdium. To our knowledge, only 2 cases of myocardial abscess rupture have pr eviously been reported in relation to IE.