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Tricuspid valvar endocarditis caused by penicillin resistant pneumococcus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2006

Janice E. Bothwell ,
Frank Casey  and
C. Hugh Webb
Janice E. Bothwell
Affiliation:
Clarke Clinic, Regional Cardiology Unit, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast
Frank Casey
Affiliation:
Clarke Clinic, Regional Cardiology Unit, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast
C. Hugh Webb
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Department, Royal Group of Hospitals Trust, Belfast, UK
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Abstract

A 6-year-old boy presented with endocarditis of the tricuspid valve caused by penicillin resistant pneumococcus. He had no history of congenital cardiac disease. The likely portal of entry for the organism was the middle ear.

Keywords

Endocarditispenicillin resistant pneumococcuspaediatrics
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 11 , Issue 5 , September 2001 , pp. 556 - 558
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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