Hakyemez, Ismail NecatiDurdu, BÜLENTOkay, GÜLAYGULTEPE, BilgeBolukcu, SİBELASLAN, Turan2019-10-052019-10-052016-01-01Hakyemez I. N. , Durdu B., Okay G., Bolukcu S., GULTEPE B., ASLAN T., -Infective endocarditis case due to streptococcus parasanguinis presented with spondylodiscitis-, CUKUROVA MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.41, ss.591-594, 2016https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12645/1738Streptococcus parasanguinis is a natural member of oral flora. It is an opportunistic pathogen, and rarely cause systemic infections due to it-s low virulence. Subacute infective endocarditis may present with various clinical manifestations (eg., spondylodiscitis). A sixty-five years old male patient from Northern Iraq has referred to our emergency service with high fever, weight loss, back pain and inability to walk. The patient was a veterinarian. He was operated three years ago for colonic carcinoma and irradiated. In magnetic resonance imaging, spondylodiscitis was detected localized in lumbar 1-2 region. Transthorasic echocardiography demonstrated aortic valve vegetation. S. parasanguinis was identified in the blood cultures. In conclusion; all in all, it-s remarkable to isolate S. parasanguinis as a causal agent of infective endocarditis in a patient who is a veterinarian with history of colonic carcinoma presented with clinical manifestation of spondylodiscitis.enArticleWOS:00037806330002910.17826/cukmedj.237550trdizin