Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia prosthetic valve endocarditis: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Stenotrophomonas maltophilia prosthetic valve endocarditis a case report Sophie Bayle1 Clarisse Rovery1 Pascal Sbragia2 Didier Raoult3 and Philippe Brouqui 1 Address 1Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales Hôpital Nord Chemin des Bourrelys 13915 Marseille cedex 20 France 2Service de cardiologie Hôpital Nord Chemin des Bourrelys 13915 Marseille cedex 20 France and 3Service de Microbiologie Hôpital de la Timone Marseille France Email Sophie Bayle - sophiebayle@ Clarisse Pascal Didier Philippe Brouqui - Corresponding author Published 23 May 2008 Received 5 September 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 174 doi 1752-1947-2-174 Accepted 23 May 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 174 2008 Bayle et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an environmental bacterium increasingly involved in nosocomial infections and resistant to most antibiotics. It is important to recognize and efficiently treat infections with this bacterium as soon as possible. Case presentation We present a case of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia prosthetic valve endocarditis secondary to an indwelling catheter infection. The patient was cured without surgery. We review other cases of S. maltophilia endocarditis from the literature and describe the peculiarities of this case. Conclusion S. maltophilia endocarditis is a rare disease that is often hospital-acquired and related to an indwelling catheter .
