A Rare Case of Relapse Infective Endocarditis Caused by Granulicatella adiacens in Pregnancy

Authors

  • Wan Nor Aina Ar-Mardiyah Wan Jeffery Medical Department, Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • V. Rubini Nair Muthi @ P.S Muthialu Medical Department, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • W Yus Haniff W Isa Medical Department, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • Nazmi Liana Azmi Pharmacy Department, Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

Keywords:

Infective endocarditis, Granulicatella adiacens, pregnancy, bacteremia, relapse

Abstract

This is a case of a 33-year-old woman at her 12 weeks of pregnancy with underlying rheumatic heart disease presented with chest pain and diagnosed as infective endocarditis with Granulicatella adiacens bacteremia. She had a relapse of infective endocarditis complicated with splenic infarction, 6 weeks after the completion of intravenous ceftriaxone. She was put on another course of antibiotic regimen which consisted of intravenous ceftriaxone and gentamicin. She underwent elective lower segment caesarian section at 30 weeks of pregnancy and was discharged well. She had a valve surgery 3 months after the delivery.

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Published

01-06-2023

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023)

Section

Case Report

License

Journal of Engineering Technology (JET)  is an open-access journal that follows the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0)

How to Cite

Wan Nor Aina Ar-Mardiyah Wan Jeffery, V. Rubini Nair Muthi @ P.S Muthialu, W Yus Haniff W Isa, & Nazmi Liana Azmi. (2023). A Rare Case of Relapse Infective Endocarditis Caused by Granulicatella adiacens in Pregnancy. Asian Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences, 6(1), 160-166. https://ejournal.unikl.edu.my/index.php/ajmhs/article/view/172