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Native valve bacterial endocarditis due to Staphylococcus epidermidis. A community acquired infection following an
Japanese Heart Journal
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE) is the leading pathogen of prosthetic valve endocarditis. At the same time it is a very rare cause of native valve endocarditis and it follows a clinical course and outcome similar to Streptococcal viridans endocarditis. We report here the case of a 41-year-old man with a community acquired SE endocarditis of a native aortic valve. Despite early surgical intervention, the case followed an acute and fatal course.