Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.37797/ig.40.2.6

Bivalvular Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in a young pregnant woman without known previous risk factors – a case report

Đurđica Cekinović Grbeša orcid.org/0000-0002-3601-9200 ; Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Biserka Trošelj Vukić ; Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Igor Grubješić ; Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Samira Knežević orcid.org/0000-0003-3550-2062 ; Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Lari Gorup ; Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Irena Slavuljica ; Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Ivica Pavić ; Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

Infectious endocarditis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. It is a particularly difficult clinical entity in pregnant women due to a certain degree of immunosuppression in pregnancy, as well as due to significant changes in cardiovascular function in pregnant women. Most infectious endocarditis cases, even in pregnancy, are caused by bacteria, with one heart valve, most commonly the mitral orifice, predominantly affected. This paper presents treatment and outcome of mitral and aortic valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus in a previously healthy pregnant woman.

Keywords

endocarditis; staphylococcus; pregnancy

Hrčak ID:

246000

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/246000

Publication date:

12.11.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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