TY - JOUR A2 - Korosoglou, Grigorios AU - Odiete, Oghenerukevwe AU - Akinwande, Olagoke AU - Murray, John J. AU - Akamah, Joseph PY - 2010 DA - 2010/09/05 TI - Pneumococcal Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in a Young African American: A Case for Inclusion of African Americans in Pneumococcal Vaccine Criteria SP - 982521 VL - 2010 AB - Following the development of penicillin, complications from streptococcus pneumonia such as endocarditis have become rare. However, certain independent risk factors such as cigarette smoking and being of African-American (AA) decent have been associated with a higher incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease, but only cigarette smoking has been targeted by current recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunological Practices (ACIPs). We report a case of a young AA smoker, who developed an isolated tricuspid valve pneumococcal endocarditis. This case will illustrate the high susceptibility for invasive pneumococcus sequelae in AA, thereby raising the argument for the consideration of AA in the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) criteria, regardless of smoking history. SN - 1687-9627 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/982521 DO - 10.1155/2010/982521 JF - Case Reports in Medicine PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -