RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Myxoma of the mitral valve associated with Hemophilus parainfluenza bacteremia JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO Cleve Clin J Med FD Cleveland Clinic SP 470 OP 472 VO 55 IS 5 A1 Freidoon Ghazi A1 Richard Sterba A1 Douglas S. Moodie A1 Carl C. Gill A1 Norman B. Ratliff YR 1988 UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/55/5/470.abstract AB A 17-year-old girl who presented with signs and symptoms of bacterial endocarditis did not respond clinically to antibiotic therapy. Cerebral embolic episodes subsequently occurred. Serial echocardiography disclosed an enlarging vegetation attached to the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve. During open heart surgery, the vegetation was removed, which on histological examination proved to be a myxoma covered by a layer of septic thrombus. Blood cultures obtained preoperatively eventually grew Hemophilus parainfluenza. Removal of the tumor, as well as mitral valve annuloplasty, resulted in complete cure.