Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
Unusual mechanism of myocardial infarction in prosthetic valve endocarditis
... aortic valve and severe calcific aortic stenosis was submitted to aortic valve replacement with a stented ...epidermidis prosthetic valve endocarditis a month later, presenting in the ...
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Chronic encapsulated mediastinal abscess presenting with remote cutaneous fistulization 12 years after redo aortic valve replacement for prosthetic valve endocarditis
... Chronic encapsulated mediastinal abscess is an unusual complication of previous open heart surgery. We report on the case of a 79 year old male who presented with epigastric fistulization of an encapsulated anterior ...
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Heart transplantation as salvage therapy for progressive prosthetic valve endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE)
... of prosthetic valve endocarditis patients and cardiac device related infective endocarditis cases in the last ...native valve endocardi- tis (NVE), prosthetic valve ...
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Determinants and Results of Early Surgery for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Periannular Extension
... Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare but potentially fatal complication of valve replacement, especially if it is accompanied by periannular ...with prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) ...
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa with variable antibacterial resistance profiles: a diagnostic challenge
... a prosthetic valve endocarditis with ...a prosthetic valve, and lack of an alternative focus of infection (such as an ...of endocarditis with persist- ent bacteremia and either ...
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Combined computed tomography and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis: a case series
... A 42-year-old male patient with a history of previous intravenous drug abuse and osteosynthesis implant on the left femur in 2004, was admitted to our hospital in February 2010 for persistent fever. One month before ...
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Late prosthetic valve endocarditis with Mycobacterium tuberculosis after the Bentall procedure
... was 42.5 years, with a male/female ratio of 3:2. Of note, the infection sites among these TBE patients were all native valves, and most (7/10, 70%) were only single valve infections, with the exception of 3 cases ...
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<p>Fatal Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Due to <em>Aspergillus flavus</em> in a Diabetic Patient</p>
... mechanical prosthetic MV, normal lea fl et motion, a small mobile mass on the antero- medial swing ring, and severe aortic insuf fi ...to prosthetic MVand native aortic valve infective ...
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by multidrug-resistant Candida albicans in a patient with myelodysplasia syndrome: A case report and literature review
... first valve replacement surgery, but it was negative in the second one, while TEE showed a large vegetation on the mitral valve leading to ...Candida endocarditis is a challenge since its symptoms ...
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus capitis: report of 4 cases
... Aortic valve re-replacement was performed 2 days after the diagnosis of PVE was made and 14 days after fever ...bioprosthetic valve, and vegetation was found on the stent and prosthetic leaflet at a ...
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The novel use of oral antibiotic monotherapy in prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Finegoldia magna: a case study
... fective endocarditis would pose an appropriate alterna- tive solution to these challenges, by allowing treatment to take place outside hospitals and without the need for intravenous ...
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Quantification of the antibody response to Propionibacterium acnes in a patient with prosthetic valve endocarditis: – a case report
... aortic valve due to an aneurysm of the ascending aorta, which involved the sinus of ...Composite valve-graft conduit replacement of the aortic root was performed 4 years ...aortic valve and the ...
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Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis and Bloodstream Infection Due to Mycobacterium chimaera
... aortic valve insuf- ...the prosthetic ring of the mitral valve was found, and there was evidence of destruction of the mitral and aortic ...infective endocarditis. The histopathological ...
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Infective endocarditis causing mitral valve stenosis – a rare but deadly complication: a case report
... suspected prosthetic valve endocarditis due to its superior sensitivity over traditional TTE [1, ...probable endocarditis [3]. Although valvular regurgitation or prosthetic valve ...
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Surgery in the Acute Phase of Infective Endocarditis: 5 Years after Our Initial Experience
... The incidence of rheumatic valvular heart disease remains largely dominant but we noted the emergence of prosthetic valve endocarditis with a proportion of 8% lower than reviews 21% [4[r] ...
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First report of Sneathia sanguinegens together with Mycoplasma hominis in postpartum prosthetic valve infective endocarditis: a case report
... polymicrobial prosthetic valve endocarditis in a young ...heart valve sample using broad range 16S rRNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by sequencing while culture remained ...and ...
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... native valve endocarditis and late prosthetic valve endocarditis are staphylococci, streptococci and enterococci and main organisms targeted in early prosthetic valve ...
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A changing profile of infective endocarditis at a tertiary hospital in China: a retrospective study from 2001 to 2018
... IVDUs, prosthetic valve endocarditis [6, 41], hemorrhagic stroke, acute congestive heart failure [26, 42–44], renal insuffi- ciency [42], left-sided endocarditis and early surgical treat- ment ...
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Fifteen-year experience with the Bicarbon heart valve prosthesis in a single center
... 22 valve-related and 77 valve-unrelated ...complications, prosthetic valve endocarditis, paravalvular leaks, and sudden death in all patients was ...of valve-related ...
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A case of Cardiobacterium valvarum endocarditis with cerebral hemorrhage after MVR, TVP and vegetation removal operation
... infectious endocarditis as well, and large, devastating valvular vegetations formed, which had been reported as the characteristic change in HACEK bacteria [1, 2, 4, ...
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