Korean Circ J.  2018 Sep;48(9):861-862. 10.4070/kcj.2018.0126.

Three-valve Endocarditis Caused by Corynebacterium striatum

• Lee JY
• Lee SH
• Kim WH

• KMID: 2418813
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2018.0126

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Corynebacterium*
Endocarditis*

Figure

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  Figure 1 (A) The 10×8 mm-sized and 15×7 mm-sized vegetations (arrows) on AMVL and PMVL, respectively. A 13×9 mm-sized, a 21×8 mm-sized, and a 14×11 mm-sized vegetations on the LCC, RCC, and NCC of the AV, and 10 to 22 mm-sized multiple vegetations in diameter were also found on the 3 leaflets of the TV. (B) Surgically resected AV, MV, and TV showing severe destruction with multiple vegetations. A = anterior leaflet; AMVL = anterior mitral valve leaflet; AV = aortic valve; LCC = left coronary cusp; MV = mitral valve; NCC = non-coronary cusp; P = posterior leaflet; PMVL = posterior mitral valve leaflet; RCC = right coronary cusp; S = septal leaflet; TV = tricuspid valve.

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