A Rare Case of Simultaneous Both-side Heart Valvular Infective Endocarditis on Ventricular Septal Defect
Published: 2022-05-07
Page: 174-183
Issue: 2022 - Volume 5 [Issue 1]
M. Njie *
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
P. M. Mulendelé
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
Med Sidi Boutar
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
N. Mahoungou Mackonia
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
R. Habbal
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
IE is a rare pathology with an annual incidence of approximately 10 cases/100,000 inhabitants and in spite of staphylococci pathogens, streptococci are the most involved pathogens, acute articular rheumatism remains the most frequent etiology in developing countries. It can attack a healthy heart, but most often seen in a diseased heart. The incidence of bilateral right and left heart IE is significantly lower, accounting for 56% to 10% of all IE cases. Only few cases of bilateral IE on the native valve have been found in the literature. Echocardiography, whether transthoracic (TTE) or transesophageal (TOE), is a crucial examination in the management and follow-up of any IE. Vegetations are the specific lesions of endocarditis. The authors report a case of a multiple native heart valvular infective endocarditis simultaneously attacking the left and right-sides heart valves confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography and cultures in a patient poorly followed-up for non-cyanotic congenital heart disease without hemodynamic impact, diagnosed with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis on a jugular catheter. A coupled medical and surgical treatment was conducted in the patient with a very satisfying clinical outcome and less complications after an open-heart intervention.
Keywords: Infective endocarditis, ventricular septal defect, cardiology, infectious attack