An autopsy case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis

Abstract

A 58-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with fever. The vegetation was confirmed by echocardiography on the tricuspid valve and Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was isolated by blood culture. The patient died due to heart failure, and tricuspid valve vegetation was confirmed oil autopsy and the sample of Grain's staining showed Gram-positive microcolonies. Although about 60 cases of E. rhusiopathie endocarditis have been reported, Japanese cases are extremely rare. © 2008 The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.