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. 2017 Oct 27;8(5):236–240. doi: 10.14740/cr588w

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
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