Ref.n° | Time of diagnosis | Valve involved | Source of infection | Isolated organism | Method of diagnosis |
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1 | Postmortem | eustachian and mitral valve | Pneumoniae | S. aureus | Autopsy |
2 | Antemortem | eustachian valve | IVDA | S. aureus | TEE |
3 | Antemortem | eustachian valve | IVDA | S. aureus | TEE |
4 | Antemortem | eustachian valve | IVDA | S. aureus | TEE |
5 | Antemortem | eustachian valve | Infected PMK | Enterobacter cloacae | TEE |
6 | Antemortem | eustachian valve | IVDA | S. aureus | TEE |
6 | Antemortem | eustachian valve | IVDA | S. aureus | TEE |
6 | Antemortem | eustachian valve | Hemodialysis | E. coli | TEE |
6 | Antemortem | eustachian valve | Hemodialysis | Proteus vulgaris | TEE |
7 | Antemortem | eustachian and tricuspid valve | IVDA | S. aureus | TEE |
8 | Antemortem | eustachian valve | none | Streptococcus viridans | TEE |
9 | Antemortem | eustachian, mitral and tricuspid valve | IVDA | S. aureus | TTE |
9 | Antemortem | eustachian, tricuspid valve | IVDA | S. aureus | TTE |
9 | Antemortem | eustachian, tricuspid pulmonary and mitral | LH and central venous line | S. aureus | TTE |
9 | Antemortem | eustachian, tricuspid and central venous line | LH and central venous line | S. aureus | TTE |
9 | Antemortem | eustachian valve | IVDA | S. aureus | TTE |
Case report | Antemortem | eustachian valve and tricuspid valve | IVDA | S. aureus | TTE |