A Case of Relapse Pseudomonas aeruginosa Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis After AngioVac Vegectomy and Antibiotic Treatment in a Patient Using Intravenous Drugs.

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a bloodstream infection affecting the valves of the heart. IE is highly associated with morbidity and mortality if not properly managed. Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) as a cause of IE is extremely rare. This is a case of IE involving a male patient with a history of intravenous drug use (IVDU), secondary to P. aeruginosa, with associated relapse of bacteremia and native tricuspid valve endocarditis, complicated by septic pulmonary emboli, despite undergoing recent vegetation debulking using the AngioVac system (AngioDynamics, Inc., New York, USA) along with six weeks of IV antibiotics and no IVDU since then being on treatment.