The way to a man’s heart can in fact be through his stomach Cardiology Team Lourdes Hospital Dr Murphy, Dr Halley, Dr Keelan Derek Crinion 9th May 2014 Case • PC: 61 year old gentleman Diarrhoea 7+/day for 6 days Abdo cramps Pyrexic, chills, vomited X1 Malaise, headache • PMhx: Heavy smoker 30 day/30 years • Meds Nil, NKDA Case • Soc Hx. Lives alone, separated, daughters nearby poor social circumstance ?C2H5OH • Fam Hx. Strong IHD • SR: Low BMI, ? Weight loss Cough chronic prod White ?Chest discomfort several weeks prior Case • O/E: T 38.1°C, BP 95/67 HR118 (Reg) RR20 Sat 96%(RA) , BMI • S1S2 no A/M , No fluid overload • +Rhoncus, mild scattered early insp creps • Abdo Soft NT ,Borborygmi, small inguinal hernia • Neuro intact, no meningism ECG Lab • WBC 14.5 91% Neut PLT 47 Hb 15.5 • CRP 293 • TROPONIN I (+ >0.1ng/ml) 1.3 1.37 • Urea 14.1 Creat 92 Na 124 K 3.9 • Bili 47 Alp 228 GGT 575 ALT 52 • Mg .97 Phos .82 Ca 2.48 • INR 1.4 • Urine Na <20 Prot ++ Bld+ Leuk + CXR First 48 hrs • Initially IV Co-amoxiclav + Fluid Support • Ongoing Temp Spikes 39°C peak • Diarrhoea, abdo cramps persisted • Provisional Blood Cultures : G − Bacilli • Changed to IV Tazocin+ Gentamycin CT TAP ?Source Echo Echo Echo Day 3 • Blood Culture Result Salmonella Typhimurium (Non-typhoidal) • Micro Input: Changed to IV Ceftriaxone • Notifiable Disease1 ? Source - no close contacts unwell - no restaurants known - no foreign travel Source? Cardiac CT Cardiac CT Cardiac CT Cardiac CT Cardiac CT • Coronaries , • multiplanar reconstruction Hypothesis Prior LAD infarct, Large Apical Aneurysm ± Mural Thrombus Salmonella Bacteremia Seeded apical aneurysm thrombus Infiltrated myocardium; abscess ±?Pseudoaneurysm formation Persistent Salmonella Dissemination Clinical Course • Ongoing Temp Spikes + Rpt cultures • Day 5 Micro: Δto IV Ciprofloxacin + Meropenem • Diarrhoea settled, stool day 8 negative • WBC 12.2 (N) CRP 146 Plt 121 INR 1.3 Alb 15 Bili 49 ALP 421 ALT 56 GGT 555 • Liver US, coarse echotex. Mild splenomeg. No stones • O/E: CCF ,Parox A fib , : Trop 1.4 BNP 1610 • CTC Discussion Echo Echo Repeat Cardiac CT Rpt Cardiac CT Clinical Course • Recurrent temp spikes, never stabilised • Day 28, further deterioration Hypothermic , oliguric ,BP Periph. shut down, Delirium • Lactate 18 , WBC 30 (N) Plt 56 INR 1.7 Alb 18, CRP 154 Urea 11.8 Creat 121 Na 128 K 6 Bili 88 Alp 549 ALT 1161 GGT 330 • RIP P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 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