The Journey From Knee to Heart: A Case of Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Infective Endocarditis Secondary to Septic Prepatellar Bursitis.

Authors

Hafiza Qadeer, Internal Medicine, Reading Hospital - Tower Health, Reading, USAFollow
Amar Suwal, Internal Medicine, Reading Hospital - Tower Health, Reading, USAFollow
Ibiyemi O Oke, Internal Medicine, Reading Hospital - Tower Health, Reading, USA

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-28-2023

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is a cause of life-threatening gram-positive bacteremia and the most common causative organism of septic bursitis. Although there are several case reports of infective endocarditis complicated with septic bursitis and other rheumatic complications, there are very few cases reports of septic bursitis leading to infective endocarditis (IE). We present a patient with a history of recurrent prepatellar bursitis requiring catheter drainage, who presented with sepsis and IE.

Publication Title

Cureus

Volume

15

Issue

3

First Page

36806

Last Page

36806

Comments

eCollection 2023 Mar.

Recommended Citation

Qadeer, H., Suwal, A., & Oke, I. (2023). The Journey From Knee to Heart: A Case of Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Infective Endocarditis Secondary to Septic Prepatellar Bursitis.. Cureus, 15 (3), 36806-36806. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36806