Cat Scratch Endocarditis

Jacopo De Cristofaro, MD; Stefania Sacchi, MD, PhD; Luca Baldetti, MD; Francesco Calvo, MD; Mario Gramegna, MD; Vittorio Pazzanese, MD; Beatrice Peveri, MD; Lorenzo Cianfanelli, MD; Silvia Ajello, MD; Anna Mara Scandroglio, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2024)

Cat Scratch Endocarditis

Jacopo De Cristofaro, MD,
Stefania Sacchi, MD, PhD,
Luca Baldetti, MD,
Francesco Calvo, MD,
Mario Gramegna, MD,
Vittorio Pazzanese, MD,
Beatrice Peveri, MD,
Lorenzo Cianfanelli, MD,
Silvia Ajello, MD,
Anna Mara Scandroglio, MD

Affiliations

Jacopo De Cristofaro, MD: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Stefania Sacchi, MD, PhD: Address for correspondence: Dr Stefania Sacchi, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, San Raffaele University Hospital, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy.; Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Luca Baldetti, MD: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Francesco Calvo, MD: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Mario Gramegna, MD: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Vittorio Pazzanese, MD: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Beatrice Peveri, MD: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Lorenzo Cianfanelli, MD: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Silvia Ajello, MD: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Anna Mara Scandroglio, MD: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 3
p. 102201

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We reported a case of blood culture–negative infective endocarditis on a native valve, where the clinical presentation was exclusively related to extensive cerebral ischemia secondary to multiple systemic septic cardioembolic events. The cause was ascribed to subacute Bartonella henselae infection, presumably transmitted by cat scratch, documented by positive serologic findings.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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