Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Microbiology 2008-3289 14 6 2022 12 06 928 931 EN Mohammad Dashtkoohi Students’ Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Farbod Semnani Students’ Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Nasser Aghdami Department of Regenerative Medicine, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran AND Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicines, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Marjan Sohrabi Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicines, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Arezoo Salami Khaneshan Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicines, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Fereshte Ghiasvand Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicines, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Parnian Adhami Moghadam Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicines, Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2022 09 02 2022 11 16 Pneumothorax following right-sided bacterial endocarditis is an infrequent medical complication usually reported in cases with a history of intravenous drug abuse. The following report describes the condition of a girl without congenital heart disease or a history of intravenous drug abuse who developed pneumothorax secondary to endocarditis. https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/3884 https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/download/3884/1534