Table 2. Review of Previously Published Cases of Staphylococcus warneri Endocarditis.
Reference | Presenting signs and symptoms | Valve(s) involved (native vs. prosthetic valve) | Presence of vegetation and/or intracardiac abscess on echo or surgical examination |
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Dan et al (1984) [1] | 32-year-old male with fatigue, anorexia, CP, fever, tachycardia, new diastolic murmur and systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur | Aortic (native valve) | Vegetation present |
Wood et al (1989) [2] | 66-year-old male with worsening low back pain, became febrile, XR with vertebral disc prosthesis, disk space narrowing, and end plate destruction of L2-3 | Aortic and Mitral (native valves) |
Vegetations on both valves and aortic valve ring abscess |
Kamath et al (1992) [3] | 64-year-old male with fevers, subconjunctival hemorrhage, slinter hemorrhages, systolic murmur, and diastolic murmur | Mitral, aortic, and pulmonary valves | Vegetations on all 3 valves |
Abgrall et al (2001) [8] | 71-year-old male s/p aortic valve replacement 5 days prior, afebrile, no leukocytosis. Blood cultures negative; culture of vegetation tags with S. warneri | Aortic (prosthetic valve) | Vegetation present with suspected aortic valve ring abscess |
Stollberger et al (2006) [4] | 48-year-old male s/p L4-5 disk prosthesis implantation, with recurrent fevers, night sweats every 3 - 4 months | Aortic (native) | Vegetation present |
Kini et al (2010) [5] | 78-year-old female with cough, pleural effusions, and bilateral lower extremity edema with clear serous discharge | Mitral (native valve) | Vegetation present |
Arslan et al (2011) [6] | 43-year-old female with aortic valve replacement 3 years prior with recent prosthetic valve endocarditis due to S. warneri 3 months prior, presented with 20 days of fevers, night sweats | Aortic valve (prosthetic valve) | Vegetation present |
Bhardwaj et al (2016) [7] | 59-year-old male with history of scalp laceration 2 weeks prior presenting with 3 days of lethargy, abdominal pain, acute kidney injury, and hypotensive, pansystolic murmur | Mitral (native valve) | Vegetations present (two in total) |
Current case (2017) | 67-year-old male with valve replacement 7 months prior, presenting with chest pain, constitutional symptoms, no documented fever | Aortic (prosthetic valve) | No vegetations or Aortic valve ring abscess |