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AI InsightHere, we report a case of infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus acidominimus at 14 years of age.
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Abstract
Streptococcus acidominimus is rarely pathogenic in humans and is usu-ally detected in veterinary science. In the literature, there are approx-imately 20 case reports that Streptococcus acidominimus is a human pathogen.Theyarepneumonia,pericarditis,infectiveendocarditis,sepsis, brain abscess and gradienigo syndrome. Only two of these cases were in the pediatric age group, one was infective endocarditis at the age of 15 years, other one was otitis media and gradenigo syndrome at the age of 12 years. There are no cases of invasive infection due to Streptococcus acidominimus in Turkey. Here, we report a case of infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus acidominimus at 14 years of age.
Özet
Streptococcus acidominimus insanlarda nadiren patojen olup genellikle veterinerlik biliminde tespit edilmektedir. Literatürde Streptococcus aci-dominimus’un patojen olduğu pnömoni, perikardit, enfektif endokardit, sepsis, beyin apsesi ve gradienigo sendromu bildirilen yaklaşık 20 kadar olgu sunumu mevcuttur. Bu olgulardan sadece iki tanesi pediatrik yaş grubunda olup birisi 15 yaşında enfektif endokardit, diğeri 12 yaşında otitis media ve gradenigo sendromudur. Ülkemizden Streptococcus aci-dominimus’a bağlı invazif enfeksiyon bildirilen olgu yoktur. Biz burada 14 yaşında Streptococcus acidominimus’un neden olduğu enfektif endo-karditli olgumuzu sunduk.