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Tricuspid valve group B streptococcal endocarditis after an elective termination of pregnancy
S Kangavari1, J Collins, B Cercek
1Department of Internal Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
Clinical Cardiology
|April 14, 2000
Abstract:
A patient developed fever, chills, and shortness of breath after an elective first trimester dilation and curettage. Blood cultures grew Group B streptococcus, and a transesophageal echocardiogram revealed a 2 x 2 cm vegetation on the tricuspid valve and global left ventricular hypokinesis. A 6-week course of parenteral antibiotics and vasodilator therapy resulted in resolution of the valvular vegetation as well as of the left ventricular dysfunction.