RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nocardial endocarditis of an aortic valve prosthesis.
JF British Heart Journal
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 384
OP 386
DO 10.1136/hrt.57.4.384
VO 57
IS 4
A1 G Ertl
A1 K P Schaal
A1 K Kochsiek
YR 1987
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/57/4/384.abstract
AB The organism responsible for endocarditis of a prosthetic aortic valve was identified as Nocardia asteroides. The patient was treated with intravenous amikacin (250 mg four times a day) and intravenous imipenem (1.5 g four times a day). The valve was replaced under this new antibiotic regimen. This is the first report of survival after prosthetic valve nocardiosis.