*Dhammika Randula Palangasinghe
Medicine, University Medical Unit, Sri Lanka
Published on: 2015-10-14
Infective endocarditis is a rare manifestation of Salmonella typhi infection. This paper describes a case of Salmonella typhi native aortic valve endocarditis, treated successfully with antibiotics. Our patient did not have any gastrointestinal symptoms throughout the course of the illness. This case report highlights the importance of suspecting typhoid endocarditis in a patient with pyrexia of unknown origin even in the absence of gastrointestinal symptoms.
Typhoid endocarditis, Native aortic valve
Cardiac involvement associated with Salmonella infection has been recognized in prior reports [1,2]. Myocarditis occurs in 1-5% of cases and endocarditis is very rare with only 40 cases were reported in the literature during the past five decades.
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