1
|
Bendjelloul I, Lourtet-Hascoët J, Galinier JL, Charbonneau H, Robinet N, Fourcade C, Bonnet E. Chlamydia psittaci endocarditis: a case report and literature review. Infect Dis Now 2023; 53:104687. [PMID: 36842502 DOI: 10.1016/j.idnow.2023.104687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 01/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Blood-culture-negative infective endocarditis (BCNE) is found in 2 to 48% of cases of infective endocarditis (IE) [1].IE and vertebral osteomyelitis due to Chlamydia sp. are difficult to diagnose. PATIENTS AND METHODS A case report of Chlamydia psittaci IE is provided, associated with a literature review. RESULTS We report the first case of Chlamydia psittaci IE, revealed by a spondylodiscitis. Questioning of the patient, imaging, serologies and PCR techniques on valves confirmed the diagnosis. CONCLUSION C. psittaci IE is rare but probably underdiagnosed. In case of negative blood cultures, questioning patients with IE about their contacts with animals is relevant. PCR techniques are reference tools for diagnosis confirmation when valve or vertebral samples are available.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Imane Bendjelloul
- Infectious Diseases Mobile Unit, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France.
| | - Julie Lourtet-Hascoët
- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, Paris, France.
| | | | | | | | - Camille Fourcade
- Infectious Diseases Mobile Unit, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France.
| | - Eric Bonnet
- Infectious Diseases Mobile Unit, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France.
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
|
3
|
Abstract
The etiologic diagnosis of infective endocarditis is easily made in the presence of continuous bacteremia with gram-positive cocci. However, the blood culture may contain a bacterium rarely associated with endocarditis, such as Lactobacillus spp., Klebsiella spp., or nontoxigenic Corynebacterium, Salmonella, Gemella, Campylobacter, Aeromonas, Yersinia, Nocardia, Pasteurella, Listeria, or Erysipelothrix spp., that requires further investigation to establish the relationship with endocarditis, or the blood culture may be uninformative despite a supportive clinical evaluation. In the latter case, the etiologic agents are either fastidious extracellular or intracellular bacteria. Fastidious extracellular bacteria such as Abiotrophia, HACEK group bacteria, Clostridium, Brucella, Legionella, Mycobacterium, and Bartonella spp. need supplemented media, prolonged incubation time, and special culture conditions. Intracellular bacteria such as Coxiella burnetii cannot be isolated routinely. The two most prevalent etiologic agents of culture-negative endocarditis are C. burnetti and Bartonella spp. Their diagnosis is usually carried out serologically. A systemic pathologic examination of excised heart valves including periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining and molecular methods has allowed the identification of Whipple's bacillus endocarditis. Pathologic examination of the valve using special staining, such as Warthin-Starry, Gimenez, and PAS, and broad-spectrum PCR should be performed systematically when no etiologic diagnosis is evident through routine laboratory evaluation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- P Brouqui
- Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UPRESA 6020, Faculté de Médecine, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France.
| | | |
Collapse
|
4
|
Wolf K, Malinverni R. Effect of azithromycin plus rifampin versus that of azithromycin alone on the eradication of Chlamydia pneumoniae from lung tissue in experimental pneumonitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999; 43:1491-3. [PMID: 10348778 PMCID: PMC89304 DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.6.1491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Azithromycin, doxycycline, and rifampin, alone or in combination, were tested in vitro against Chlamydia pneumoniae AR-39. The combination of azithromycin plus rifampin showed the strongest activity and produced higher rates of eradication of C. pneumoniae from lung tissues than azithromycin alone in experimental mouse pneumonitis.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- K Wolf
- Department of Clinical Research, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
| | | |
Collapse
|
5
|
Maurin M, Eb F, Etienne J, Raoult D. Serological cross-reactions between Bartonella and Chlamydia species: implications for diagnosis. J Clin Microbiol 1997; 35:2283-7. [PMID: 9276403 PMCID: PMC229955 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2283-2287.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Diagnosis of Chlamydia or Bartonella infections continues to rely mainly on serology. However, serological cross-reactions between members of these genera have recently been described. Sera from eight patients originally diagnosed as having Chlamydia pneumoniae endocarditis reacted with both Chlamydia sp. and Bartonella quintana antigens (microimmunofluorescence technique). Adsorption of sera with B. quintana or C. pneumoniae antigens removed anti-C. pneumoniae antibodies, whereas adsorption with C. pneumoniae antigens did not change antibody titers to B. quintana. Western blot analysis confirmed the presence of cross-reacting antigens and showed antibody patterns in all sera to be compatible with a Bartonella infection. These patients were therefore probably suffering from Bartonella-induced rather than Chlamydia-induced endocarditis. In contrast, sera from 10 patients presumed to be suffering from C. pneumoniae pneumonia did not display anti-B. quintana antibodies, although cross-reacting antigens were revealed by Western blotting. This work highlights the possibility that cases of infective Bartonella endocarditis are erroneously diagnosed as chlamydial infections.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- M Maurin
- Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UPRESA 6020, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
6
|
Morris AB, Brown RB, Sands M. Use of rifampin in nonstaphylococcal, nonmycobacterial disease. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1993; 37:1-7. [PMID: 8431003 PMCID: PMC187595 DOI: 10.1128/aac.37.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Rifampin has very broad antimicrobial properties with in vitro activities against many bacteria, mycobacteria, higher bacteria, chlamydia, fungi, parasites, and viruses (Table 1). The clinical use of rifampin is more limited, in part because of the lack of in vivo human clinical studies demonstrating its efficacy. Investigators have valid concerns regarding the emergence of resistance of mycobacteria if widespread use of rifampin becomes common, although this has not been well documented. Because rifampin obtains therapeutic levels intracellularly and is distributed widely throughout the body, the antibiotic potentially could be used on a broader scale, but more studies will be needed to demonstrate its clinical utility.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A B Morris
- Department of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199
| | | | | |
Collapse
|
7
|
Abstract
Chlamydiae are common human pathogens, causing a broad spectrum of infectious diseases. Chlamydial infections involving the heart have been described in numerous previous reports. These organisms are documented to cause endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis. Furthermore, Chlamydia pneumoniae, the recently discovered respiratory pathogen, has also been implicated in coronary artery disease. For the first time the literature on involvement of the heart in chlamydial infections is reviewed. Information on the discovery of Chlamydia species is also included and the problem of the species determination of Chlamydia in interpretation of the older literature is mentioned.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- M Odeh
- Department of Internal Medicine B, B'nai Zion Medical Center, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
| | | |
Collapse
|
8
|
Wilson AP, Handler CE, Ridgway GL, Treharne J, Walker JM, Mangham DC. Coxiella burneti endocarditis in a patient with positive chlamydial serology. J Infect 1992; 25 Suppl 1:111-8. [PMID: 1522334 DOI: 10.1016/0163-4453(92)92285-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
A 41-year-old man who habitually slept in a car park presented with a culture-negative endocarditis. Serological tests indicated infection with both Coxiella burneti and Chlamydia psittaci. He was treated with doxycycline and clindamycin and required aortic valve replacement. Culture of the excised value for both agents was negative but electron microscopy was suggestive of coxiella endocarditis.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A P Wilson
- Department of Microbiology, University College, London, UK
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
9
|
Shapiro DS, Kenney SC, Johnson M, Davis CH, Knight ST, Wyrick PB. Brief report: Chlamydia psittaci endocarditis diagnosed by blood culture. N Engl J Med 1992; 326:1192-5. [PMID: 1557094 DOI: 10.1056/nejm199204303261805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- D S Shapiro
- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
10
|
Patel RT, Jenkinson LR, Wheeler MH, Seymour R. Arterial Embolism Associated with Psittacosis. Med Chir Trans 1991; 84:374-5. [PMID: 2061910 PMCID: PMC1293294 DOI: 10.1177/014107689108400626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- R T Patel
- Department of Surgery, Cardiff Royal Infirmary
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
11
|
Page SR, Stewart JT, Bernstein JJ. A progressive pericardial effusion caused by psittacosis. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 1988; 60:87-9. [PMID: 3408623 PMCID: PMC1216522 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.60.1.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
A patient developed signs of a progressive pericardial effusion over a period of eight days. Diagnostic and therapeutic pericardiocentesis was performed. Viral titres to psittacosis rose from less than 1:8 to greater than 1:256 indicating recent infection.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- S R Page
- Department of Medicine II, St George's Hospital, London
| | | | | |
Collapse
|
12
|
|
13
|
Abstract
The case of a 59 year old man with ornithosis endocarditis and a history of contact with pheasants is reported. Treatment with oxytetracycline was not tolerated and so doxycycline was substituted. Over the two year follow up the patient's clinical condition and serial echocardiographic appearances improved and Chlamydia psittaci complement fixation titres returned to normal. Valve replacement was not required.
Collapse
|
14
|
McPhee SJ, Erb B, Harrington W. Psittacosis. West J Med 1987; 146:91-6. [PMID: 3825113 PMCID: PMC1307199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
|
15
|
|
16
|
Dimmitt SB, Pearman JW, Woollard KV. Chlamydial endocarditis. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 1985; 15:340-2. [PMID: 3864426 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1985.tb04049.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Echocardiographic diagnosis of a case of endocarditis, subsequently proven to be due to a chlamydial organism, is described. Early echocardiographic diagnosis guided initial medical management and directed urgent surgical intervention when the patient deteriorated. Reported cases of chlamydial endocarditis are reviewed.
Collapse
|
17
|
|
18
|
Davies AJ, Lewis DA. Rifampicin in non-tuberculous infections. BMJ : BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 1984; 289:3-4. [PMID: 6428654 PMCID: PMC1442054 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.289.6436.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
|
19
|
Montejo Baranda M, Alvarez Blanco A, Alberola Gomez-Escolar I, De La Hoz Torres C, Inclan Iribar G, Senosiain Gascue J, Hernandez Almaraz J, Aguirre Errasti C. Infeccion por Chlamydia psittaci: cinco casos nuevos. Arch Bronconeumol 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(15)32297-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
|
20
|
|
21
|
Spectrum of human chlamydial infections. West J Med 1981; 135:208-25. [PMID: 7041427 PMCID: PMC1273115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
|
22
|
Abstract
A prospective study of 151 patients whose last menstrual period was an oral contraceptive induced haemorrhage indicated that, in many, ovulation was considerably delayed and that the calculated due date of delivery was therefore erroneous; prolonged pregnancy (more than 42 weeks gestation) occurred in 37.4% and, in 9%, gestation exceed 44 weeks.
Collapse
|