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Age and Ageing Advance Access originally published online on April 17, 2009
Age and Ageing 2009 38(4):485-486; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp045
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Case Report

Unusual evolution of a non-hacek Gram-negative endocarditis in a patient with Turner syndrome

Carine Bech1, Benedikt Huttner2, Judith Archambault Patterson1 and Jean-Jacques Perrenoud1

1 Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, University Hospital of Geneva, CH-1226 Thônex, Geneva, Switzerland
2 Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Medical School, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland

Address correspondence to: Carine Bech. Tel: +41 22 718 45 90; Fax: +41 22 718 45 85. Email: Carine.Bech{at}hcuge.ch

Abstract

Non-HACEK Gram-negative endocarditis is a rare but severe illness, and the diagnosis can be difficult to establish. Here, we report the case of a 72-year-old woman with Turner syndrome suffering from non-typhoid Salmonella endocarditis of the triscupid valve, who benefited from prompt antibiotic treatment allowing a quick and complete recovery.

Keywords: non-HACEK Gram-negative endocarditis, Turner syndrome, elderly

Received 7 November 2008; accepted in revised form 11 February 2009.


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