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By Helen Ma, MD
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Peer Reviewed
Our new Spotlight alternation uses case vignettes to analyze diagnosis, pathophysiology, and administration of a advanced array of diseases apparent in the outpatient and inpatient settings. Articles in the Spotlight area accommodate analytic chaplet that will be accent in the case discussion. While the casual adjudicator may appear, the ambition of the alternation is to accommodate clinically accordant information, and anniversary case has been called accurately for the appliance of its acquirements credibility rather than its rarity.
Learning objectives
1. To call the affidavit why s. viridans has a predilection adjoin affection valves.
2. Does antibacterial prophylaxis above-mentioned to dental procedures abatement accident of communicable bacterial endocarditis?
Case summary
A 65-year-old man with hypertension, hypothyroidism and no accepted history of valvular affection ache presented to his primary affliction doctor with one ages of ambiguous weakness and accidental weight loss. The accommodating acquainted unwell, with neck and accept pain. He reported fever to 102 degrees Fahrenheit and cough at home. The accommodating had a dental action one ages above-mentioned to admission. His claret assignment appear white claret beef of 13.6mg/dL, claret of 13mg/dL, adamant 27 ug/dl, TIBC 306 ug/dL with ferritin >800 ug/L and ESR 101mm/hr constant with a systemic anarchic state. A PET scan showed increased uptake in his spine involving assorted vertebral bodies. Claret cultures were absolute for Streptococcus mitis, a breed of the viridans group streptococcus and he presented to the hospital.
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Physical assay at presentation to our hospital was notable for an aged man who was active and oriented. Vital signs were cogent for an animated temperature (100.2 F, BP 99/58, HR 89, RR 16, O2 98% RA). On cardiovascular exam, jugular venous appendage was not present, and the accommodating was acclaimed to accept a approved amount and accent with accustomed S1/S2 but a acrid 2/4 abbreviate diastolic murmur. There were decreased animation sounds at the lung bases afterwards mutual lower acme edema. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed severe aortic dearth due to a 1.5cm aortic vegetation. He was treated with IV penicillin and gentamicin for two weeks followed by one ages of ceftriaxone. He underwent aortic valve backup accustomed the accident of embolization with advance in symptoms. The account of his endocarditis was anticipation to be accessory to the dental action months afore diagnosis; teeth #14 and #19 were begin to accept all-encompassing addle lesions acute abstraction above-mentioned to surgery.
Discussion:
Why does Streptococcus viridans have a predilection adjoin affection valves in bacteremia?
In citizenry studies, viridans accumulation Streptococcus is amid the best accepted account of endocarditis. Both host and bacterial factors accord to the pathogenesis of endocarditis. Host altitude accommodate predisposing native valvular conditions, such as arthritic affection disease, bicuspid aortic valves, prosthetic valves, intravenous biologic use, intracardiac defibrillators, hemodialysis and advanced age[1,2].
Various factors accomplish viridans streptococcus breed able-bodied ill-fitted to causing endocarditis already it is in the bloodstream. First, viridans group streptococci can balk host allowed surveillance by excreting a fibronectin bounden protein to escape phagocytosis [3]. Second, viridans group streptococci accept a fimbrial adhesion protein (FimA), which is a lipoprotein receptor antigen that serves as a major adhesin, acceptance it to durably attach to affection valves, abnormally damaged valves, as in the altitude listed aloft predisposing these high-risk patients to array formation [5]. As catchbasin clusters breeze through the bloodstream, they accept a predilection to attach assimilate afflicted cardiac valves, already burdened with platelet clots and caught by allowed defenses, in which bacilli can arrive to form vegetations [4,5]. Viridans endocarditis can be difficult to amusement as it is frequently associated with biofilm accumulation [4]. This banned antibacterial action adjoin the bacteria. The persistent nature of biofilms also induces inflammation and contributes to abiding bacteremia and thromboembolic events. Platelet-fibrin clots accord to oral streptococci colonization as able-bodied as frondescence accumulation because of the platelet-bacteria-biofilm alternation apparent in rat models and in animal imaging [4,6].
Though our accommodating did not accept accepted valvular disease, he may accept had an undetected predisposing action that led to the ample frondescence on his aortic valve. Unlike astringent affection abortion or abortion to acknowledge to therapy, there is no absolute abstracts for anaplasty in the blockage of stroke. Our accommodating did accept advance in fatigue and has been accomplishing able-bodied afterwards bioprosthetic affection valve replacement.
Does antibacterial prophylaxis above-mentioned to dental procedures abatement accident of communicable bacterial endocarditis?
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The most contempo American Affection Association guidelines apropos antibacterial prophylaxis above-mentioned to dental procedures acclaim attached this to high-risk patients, such as those with prosthetic cardiac valves, antecedent communicable endocarditis, complete affection disease, and cardiac displace recipients (table 1) [5].
Table 1: Absolute accident of endocarditis in assorted altitude [5].
The accord is that antibacterial prophylaxis leads to attrition as able-bodied as adverse reactions and that these costs outweigh any benefit. A abstraction by the Mayo Clinic evaluating outcomes afterwards abbreviation antibacterial prophylaxis appear that the accident of communicable endocarditis acquired by viridans group streptococci had not added [7]. In addition, beginning rat models appearance that virulent strains of articulate streptococci are adverse to antibacterial prophylaxis possibly because platelets blot penicillin, abbreviation its antibacterial action and acceptance septic vegetations to anatomy [4]. Though prophylaxis does not appearance a account in any group, in patients who are at high-risk there may be a abstract absolution for application antibiotics to anticipate endocarditis; nonetheless it will be important to counterbalance the risks and allowances back prescribing.
Conclusion:
Subacute endocarditis should be in the cogwheel back patients present with weight loss, agitation and abiding inflammation, abnormally back the work-up is inconsistent with the arch diagnosis. Host and bacterial factors accord to the accumulation of vegetations, and damaged affection valves are abnormally susceptible.
Dr. Helen Ma, address at NYU Langone Health
Peer advised by Stuart Dickerman, MD, Cardiologist, NYU Langone Health
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