BMJ case reports, 2015-03, Vol.2015, p.bcr2014207577
2015
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Healthcare-associated infective endocarditis of the pulmonary valve
- Ist Teil von
- BMJ case reports, 2015-03, Vol.2015, p.bcr2014207577
- Ort / Verlag
- England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2015
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- We report a case of a 66-year-old man with known ischaemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus and stage 4 kidney disease who was admitted to our tertiary centre with shortness of breath and atrial flutter. Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) was without suspicion of endocarditis. During hospitalisation, the patient suffered a nosocomial infection in a peripheral vascular catheter caused by Staphylococcus aureus. TOE after positive blood cultures revealed a new vegetation on the pulmonary valve that resolved after antibiotic treatment.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1757-790XeISSN: 1757-790XDOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-207577Titel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4386439
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- Schlagworte
- Aged, Cardioversion, Catheter-Related Infections - microbiology, Catheters, Cross Infection - diagnosis, Cross Infection - diagnostic imaging, Cross Infection - microbiology, Diabetes, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Ejection fraction, Endocarditis, Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis, Endocarditis, Bacterial - drug therapy, Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology, Europe (West), Heart failure, Hemodialysis, Hospitals, Humans, Infections, Kidney diseases, Male, Patients, Pulmonary Valve - diagnostic imaging, Pulmonary Valve - microbiology, Pulmonary Valve - pathology, Reminder of Important Clinical Lesson, Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis, Staphylococcal Infections - diagnostic imaging, Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology, Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification, Substance abuse treatment, White