Eustachian Valve Endocarditis Secondary to Candida glabrata Complicated by Frailty and Acute COVID-19 Infection

Transesophageal echocardiograms have revealed that the eustachian valve persists in a small proportion of the adult population. Only a few cases of eustachian valve endocarditis have previously been reported in older adults. This case report describes an 82-year-old male patient with eustachian valve endocarditis. He had a remote history of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm post endovascular leak repair, recent septicemia from <i>Streptococcus mitis</i> from an infected tooth, frailty, diabetes, and immunosenescence. He was found to have developed bacteremia and fungemia.

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Cureus
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2025-06-17
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https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.86198
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Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
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Eustachian Valve Endocarditis Secondary to Candida glabrata Complicated by Frailty and Acute COVID-19 Infection

R Garry, Brittany L Davis
Cureus
Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
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Eustachian Valve Endocarditis Secondary to Candida glabrata Complicated by Frailty and Acute COVID-19 Infection

R Garry, Brittany L Davis
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Abstract

Transesophageal echocardiograms have revealed that the eustachian valve persists in a small proportion of the adult population. Only a few cases of eustachian valve endocarditis have previously been reported in older adults. This case report describes an 82-year-old male patient with eustachian valve endocarditis. He had a remote history of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm post endovascular leak repair, recent septicemia from <i>Streptococcus mitis</i> from an infected tooth, frailty, diabetes, and immunosenescence. He was found to have developed bacteremia and fungemia.

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University of Central Florida (US), Florida College (US)
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Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
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