J Korean Soc Neonatol.  1998 Jun;5(1):109-112.

A Case of Neonatal Infective Endocarditis without Cardiac Anomaly

• Kong DY
• Lee HK
• Kim YC

Abstract

Neonatal infective endocarditis is fatal and rare disease but recently there is a trend of an increase in incidence even without congenital heart disease when there are high risk as prematurity, central vein catheterization and neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Symchych reported that in about 3% of autopsy cases of an year, the findings of infective endocarditis were noted. In Korea, there was a case report but it was case of a premature infant who had umbilical vein catheterization and respiratory ventilator treatment. We experienced a case of neonatal infective endocarditis in a female infant who was delivered at 34 weeks gestational age without receiving central vein catheterization or neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Although she received intensive antibiotic therapy for staphylococcus cultured in blood, she died necessarily. We reported a case of neonatal infective endocarditis without cardiac anomaly with brief review of related literature.

Keyword

Neonatal infective endocarditis; Staphylococcus aureus

MeSH Terms

Autopsy
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Catheterization
Catheters
Endocarditis*
Female
Gestational Age
Heart Defects, Congenital
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Korea
Rare Diseases
Staphylococcus
Staphylococcus aureus
Umbilical Veins
Veins
Ventilators, Mechanical