• Rev Med Suisse Romande · Jan 1999

    Review Case Reports

    [Endocarditis manifesting as a spondylodiscitis and psoas abscess].

    • A Berger, C Zenklusen, and P Kaeser.
    • Service de médecine interne, Hôpital des Cadolles, Neuchâtel.
    • Rev Med Suisse Romande. 1999 Jan 1;119(1):55-7.

    AbstractThe revealing of a bacterial endocarditis by a spondylodiscitis is relatively rare. Only 80 cases have been reported ever since De Sèze's and his team's first publication in 1965. We report the case of a 59 year old women, hospitalized for a meningitis who presents signs of a spondylodiscitis and psoas abscess revealing an endocarditis. This case shows that one always have to search for an endocarditis when dealing with a spondylodiscitis. A thorough examination including a cardiac ultrasound is mandatory and a six weeks follow-up is necessary, since the prognosis depend mainly on the valvular disease.

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