First report of infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pseudoporcinus in Vietnam

P D Hai; N M Dung; P N Son; L L Phuong; B T Thuyet; L V Hoa

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100643

First report of infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pseudoporcinus in Vietnam

New Microbes New Infect. 2020 Jan 23:34:100643. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100643. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Authors

P D Hai¹, N M Dung¹, P N Son², L L Phuong¹, B T Thuyet³, L V Hoa⁴

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit, 108 Military Central Hospital, Viet Nam.
² Department of Cardiology, 108 Military Central Hospital, Vietnam.
³ Department of Microbiology, 108 Military Central Hospital, Viet Nam.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit, Tam Anh Hospital, Viet Nam.

Abstract

We report a first case of Streptococcus pseudoporcinus bacteraemia causing infective endocarditis in a 40-year-old man in Vietnam. This is the second case of Streptococcus pseudoporcinus infective endocarditis in the literature. The patient was successfully treated by antibiotics, combined with aortic valve replacement. Streptococcus pseudoporcinus may be an emerging infectious agent causing endocarditis.

Keywords: Emerging pathogen; Infective endocarditis; Septicaemia; Streptococcus pseudoporcinus; Vietnam.

Publication types

Case Reports