Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis

The increasing usage of cephalosporins, to which the enterococci are resistant, has resulted in the rising number of enterococcal infections worldwide. Enterococci are a normal part of the flora of the human gastrointestinal tract, buccal cavity, perineal skin, vagina, urethra and gallbladder, but m...

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Published inSaudi medical journal Vol. 23; no. 9; p. 1120
Main Authors Kholeif, Mona A, Kinsara, Abdulhalim J, George, Boniface O, Mowallad, Abdulfattah W, Bugis, Fakri A, Osoba, Abimbola O
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Saudi Arabia 01.09.2002
Subjects
Adult
Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial - therapy
Enterococcus faecalis
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - diagnosis
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - therapy
Humans
Male
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
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Summary:The increasing usage of cephalosporins, to which the enterococci are resistant, has resulted in the rising number of enterococcal infections worldwide. Enterococci are a normal part of the flora of the human gastrointestinal tract, buccal cavity, perineal skin, vagina, urethra and gallbladder, but may occur as pathogens in a number of sites causing urinary tract infections, intra-abdominal infections, fatal bacteremia, meningitis and endocarditis. A Saudi male who developed enterococcal endocarditis with vegetations on both aortic and mitral valves required mitral and aortic valve replacement. The attention of physicians is drawn to the increasing frequency of enterococcus as a cause of nosocomial infections, the risk factors, and antibiotic resistance pattern including resistance to vancomycin as well as its potential for virulence.
ISSN:0379-5284