Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for detection of an abscess associated with prosthetic valve endocarditis: a case report

Heart Surg Forum. 2007;10(3):E186-7. doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20061210.

Abstract

Propionibacterium acnes is an organism frequently isolated in cultures and often dismissed as a contaminant. A patient with a febrile illness and prosthetic aortic valve was suspected of having infectious endocarditis. Magnetic resonance imaging was useful in defining a paravalvular abscess associated with prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Propionibacterium acnes that was then successfully surgically repaired.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Abscess / etiology
  • Endocarditis / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis / etiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / complications
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Propionibacterium acnes*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / complications
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*