RESUMEN
We describe a case of infective endocarditis in a prosthetic mitral valve due to Ochrobactrum anthropi. Although O. anthropi is an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients, infections with the bacterium have very rarely been documented in healthy hosts, and endocarditis is rare. To our knowledge, only two cases of O. anthropi endocarditis have been reported in the medical literature.
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Endocarditis Bacteriana/etiología , Infecciones por Bacterias Gramnegativas/etiología , Prótesis Valvulares Cardíacas/efectos adversos , Válvula Mitral/cirugía , Ochrobactrum anthropi/aislamiento & purificación , Infecciones Relacionadas con Prótesis/etiología , Anciano , Femenino , Humanos , InmunocompetenciaRESUMEN
Radiofrequency catheter ablation is a first line therapy for many supraventricular and some ventricular tachycardias due to a high success rate and a low probability of complications. Although the majority of them are related to the catheterization technique, some are due to a direct effect of radiofrequency application. We report a patient with a nonsustained, repetitive, monomorphic ventricular arrhythmia that presented, after a successful radiofrequency ablation, an incessant sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia requiring a new ablation procedure.