Clinical studyLate prosthetic valve endocarditis: Clinical features influencing therapy☆
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Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
2014, Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious DiseasesViridans streptococcal (Streptococcus mitis) biosynthetic aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) complicated by complete heart block and paravalvular abscess
2012, Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical CareCitation Excerpt :Six weeks of antibiotic therapy was completed with ceftriaxone 2 g (IV) every 24 hours, and he made a full recovery. In the case presented of viridans streptococcal late PVE, there are several unusual features.4-13 First, the species of viridans streptococci in this case was S. mitis, which has not been reported as a cause of bioprosthetic aortic valve late PVE.
In-Hospital Prognosis of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis After Urgent Surgery
2009, Revista Espanola de CardiologiaINFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
2009, Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Sixth EditionInfections associated with prosthetic heart valves, vascular prostheses, and cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators
2008, Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia ClinicaThe use and effect of surgical therapy for prosthetic valve infective endocarditis: A propensity analysis of a multicenter, international cohort
2005, American Heart JournalCitation Excerpt :Surgical therapy as an adjunct to medical (antimicrobial) therapy has been described since these early studies of PVIE. In 1978, Karchmer et al proposed that surgical intervention for late PVIE should be considered for patients who had clinical features associated with a poor response to medical treatment, specifically those who had nonstreptococcal etiology, new regurgitant murmur, or significant heart failure.21 Numerous subsequent studies have described the outcome of PVIE for these therapeutic strategies (Table V).
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This study was supported in part by the Algisa Censale Memorial Fund.
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From the Department of Medicine and Surgery, Harvard Medical School and the Department of Medicine (Infectious Disease Unit) and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Present address: University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama 35294.