Eustachian valve endocarditis: a rare localization of right side endocarditis. A case report and review of the literature

Table 1 Previously reported cases of eustachian endocarditis

Ref.n°	Time of diagnosis	Valve involved	Source of infection	Isolated organism	Method of diagnosis
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

Ref. (references number); IVDA (intravenous drug abuse); TEE (Transesophageal echocardiography); TTE (Transthoracic echocardiography); PMK (Pacemaker); S. aureus (staphylococcus aureus)

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