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Native valve endocarditis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in a patient with advanced liver cirrhosis

Gordana Cavrić orcid.org/0000-0002-1499-5155 ; Clinical Department of Internal Medicine, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Diana Ilić orcid.org/0000-0002-1104-8144 ; Clinical Department of Internal Medicine, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Kristina Njerš ; Department of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive care, Dr. Josip Benčević General Hospital, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Ingrid Prkačin orcid.org/0000-0002-5830-7131 ; Clinical Department of Internal Medicine, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Dubravka Bartolek Hamp orcid.org/0000-0001-8909-6747 ; Department of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive care, Dubrovnik General Hospital, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Abstract

We present a case of a 50-year-old man with advanced liver cirrhosis and native valve infective endocarditis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis. Bacterial infections are one of the most common complications of liver cirrhosis, but reports of infective endocarditis in patients with liver cirrhosis are relatively rare. Because of vulnerability of patients with advanced cirrhosis for developing infections, it is necessary to pay attention to the pathogens that are sometimes considered contamination and actively seek for the seat of infection, even in less expected areas (e.g., native heart valves without a history of heart disease).

Keywords

Endocarditis, bacterial; Heart valve diseases; Liver cirrhosis, alcoholic; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Case reports

Hrčak ID:

156231

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/156231

Publication date:

1.12.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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