29 March 2021>: Articles
A 34-Year-Old Male Intravenous Drug User with a Third Episode of Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Treated with Repeat Valve Surgery
Unusual clinical course
Jeffrey W. Cannon B* , J.W. Awori Hayanga A , Thomas B. Drvar B , Matthew Ellison E , Christopher Cook A , Muhammad Salman A , Harold Roberts A , Vinay Badhwar E , Heather K. Hayanga ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.927385
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e927385
Table 1. Timeline of surgical operations, pathology findings, reported intravenous drug use, and urine toxicology findings.
Date | Method | Specimen grown from valve | IV drugs relapse | Opiates on urine drug screening | |
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Operation 1 | 9/23/18 | Autologous tricuspid valve repair | Aggregatibacter segnis, haemophilus parainfluenzae, and eikenella corrodens | No | Performed at OSH |
Operation 2 | 1/21/19 | Tricuspid valve replacement with St Jude Epic 29 mm | Mitis group viridans streptococcus | No | Negative |
Operation 3 | 4/1/19 | Tricuspid valve replacement with St Jude Epic 31 mm | No | Positive |