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Pages 377-379 (July - August 2010)
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Pages 377-379 (July - August 2010)
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Spondylodiscitis and endocarditis caused by S. vestibularis
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Muge Aydin Tufan1,
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Correspondence to: Baskent Universitesi, Adana Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi, Dadaloglu Mah. 39 Sk. No:6, 01250 – Adana – Turkey. Tel.: +90-533-2333476; fax: +90-322-3271274.
, Kart-Koseoglu Hamide2, Ersozlu-Bozkirli Duygu1, Azap Ozlem2, Tufan Kadir3, Yucel Ahmet Eftal1
1 Division of Rheumatology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2 Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
3 Department of Neurosurgery, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Streptococcus vestibularis is a recently described member of the viridans group that was first isolated from the vestibular mucosa of the human oral cavity and described as a new species in 1988. It has been rarely associated with human infections. In few papers, it has been reported as a causal agent of systemic infection in immunosupressed adults and in those with other severe underlying diseases, like coronary valve diseases. A 65-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with complaints of fever for three months, general malaise, effort dyspnea, weight loss, back pain and myalgia. Both native aortic valve endocarditis and spondylodiscitis due to Streptococcus vestibularis were detected. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous potassium penicillin G and gentamicin for six weeks, followed by oral amoxicillin for three months, in addition to aortic valve replacement. In all patients with spondylodiscitis, infective endocarditis should be considered, particularly in patients with heart valve disease history, since spondylodiscitis may be the presenting sign of an infective endocarditis. Cardiac valve replacement surgery should be performed if the course of fever and inflammatory syndrome is unfavorable after appropriate antibiotic treatment. We report the first case with both native aortic valve endocarditis and spondylodiscitis due to Streptococcus vestibularis.

Keywords:
endocarditis
spondylodiscitis
Streptococcus vestibularis
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