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He was admitted because of dyspnoea, oedema, fever, and syncope. A complete auriculoventricular blockade was diagnosed, requiring cardiac pacing. Also, infective endocarditis (IE) was suspected. Blood cultures showed the isolation of Bacillus licheniformis. Transthoracic echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography, and CT angiography were inconclusive for IE. Treatment was initiated with intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy, and an extensive protocol for IE, including molecular imaging modalities, was ordered. 99mTc-Ubiquicidin scintigraphy was acquired without abnormal findings. Images of 18F-FDG-PET\/CT revealed abnormally intense heterogeneous uptake in the prosthetic aortic annulus in a classic pattern. Applying the modified 2015 Duke criteria for PET\/CT, PVE was confirmed.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Although the other imaging modalities were negative, the high clinical suspicion made it mandatory to continue the study protocol, remarking on the utility of 18F-FDG-PET\/CT on patients categorized as having \u2018possible\u2019 endocarditis, as in our patient.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ehjcr\/ytad425","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,18]],"date-time":"2023-09-18T22:26:58Z","timestamp":1695076018000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Role of molecular imaging in the diagnosis of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis by <i>Bacillus licheniformis<\/i>: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Juan Carlos","family":"Plata-Corona","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Cardiology, National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez , Mexico City , Mexico"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Araceli","family":"Gonz\u00e1lez-Ortiz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Cardiology, National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez , Mexico City , Mexico"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mauricio","family":"Garc\u00eda-C\u00e1rdenas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nuclear Cardiology Department, National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez , Juan Badiano No 1, Colonia Secci\u00f3n XVI, Tlalpan, Mexico City, P.C. 14080 , Mexico"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nilda","family":"Espinola-Zavaleta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nuclear Cardiology Department, National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez , Juan Badiano No 1, Colonia Secci\u00f3n XVI, Tlalpan, Mexico City, P.C. 14080 , Mexico"},{"name":"Echocardiography Department, ABC Medical Center, I.A.P. , Mexico City , Mexico"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Erick","family":"Alexanderson-Rosas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nuclear Cardiology Department, National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez , Juan Badiano No 1, Colonia Secci\u00f3n XVI, Tlalpan, Mexico City, P.C. 14080 , Mexico"},{"name":"PET\/CT Unit, Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM) , Mexico City , Mexico"},{"name":"Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM) , Mexico City , Mexico"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0753-1739","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Isabel","family":"Carvajal-Ju\u00e1rez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nuclear Cardiology Department, National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez , Juan Badiano No 1, Colonia Secci\u00f3n XVI, Tlalpan, Mexico City, P.C. 14080 , Mexico"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024051617483434100_ytad425-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2374","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jacc.2013.01.092","article-title":"Positron emission tomography\/computed tomography for diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis: increased valvular 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake as a novel major criterion","volume":"61","author":"Saby","year":"2013","journal-title":"J Am Coll Cardiol"},{"key":"2024051617483434100_ytad425-B2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"720","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics11040720","article-title":"Advantages of 18F-FDG PET\/CT imaging over modified Duke criteria and clinical presumption in patients with challenging suspicion of infective endocarditis","volume":"11","author":"Pretet","year":"2021","journal-title":"Diagnostics (Basel)"},{"key":"2024051617483434100_ytad425-B3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3075","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehv319","article-title":"2015 ESC guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis: the Task Force for the Management of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). 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