Table 1. Clinical features and complications
First author
Symptoms / complications
Pur
Jn
Spl
SCH
Os
Valve
Culprit pathogen
Cecarelli1
Meningitis, SMA, SE
Y
N
N
N
N
Mitral
Staph. aureus
Deonarine2
Cirrhosis, CHF, spondylitis
Y
N
N
N
N
Quadrivalve
Strep. mutans
El Chami3
CHF, respiratory failure
Y
N
N
N
N
Aortic
Enterococcus faecalis
Yokota4
Mesenteric abscess
Y
N
N
N
N
Mitral
MSSA
Miridjanian5
Fever, myalgia, headache
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Aortic
Moraxella kingae
Mahmoud6
Cirrhosis, CHF, ICE
Y
N
N
N
N
Mitral
Pasteurella multocida
Tiliakes7
Polyarthralgia, ANCA+ve, splenomegaly
Y
N
N
N
N
Aortic
Strep. viridans
Messiaen8
CHF, Gln, ANC