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Infectious native valve endocarditis by Streptococcus agalactiae species: Case report of pathogen identification only
Ruoxin Wang1, Xuejie Cao2, Fang Wu3
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Introduction:
Streptococcus agalactiae is a common pathogen in infective endocarditis, but the positive rate of traditional blood culture diagnosis is not high. It is challenging to obtain a good outcome in the absence of pathogen information for patients with infectious endocarditis.
Patient Concerns And Diagnosis:
Here, we report the case of a patient with infective endocarditis caused by S. agalactiae. The initial manifestations of this patient were coma, urinary incontinence, and fecal incontinence and had no history of heart disease or infectious diseases before admission.
Interventions And Outcomes:
When the blood culture was negative 3 consecutive times, the pathogen S. agalactiae was diagnosed in a timely and accurate manner by metagenome sequencing. Eventually, the patient was discharged following surgery and antibiotic treatment.
Conclusions:
For IE patients with infective endocarditis, metagenome sequencing is a valuable and selective tool for rapid, sensitive, and accurate pathogen detection, especially when the blood culture is negative.
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