| Literature DB >> 22163142 |
Akiko Haruyama1, Shigeru Toyoda, Migaku Kikuchi, Takuo Arikawa, Shu Inami, Naoyuki Otani, Hirohisa Amano, Ryuko Matsuda, Teruo Inoue.
Abstract
A 65-year-old woman who had previously undergone aortic root replacement with a bioprosthetic valve (Bentall operation) in treatment of annuloaortic ectasia became feverish after developing dental caries and was admitted to our hospital. Transesophageal echocardiography showed an 18 × 4-mm vegetation on her prosthetic valve. Campylobacter fetus was isolated on blood cultures, and she was diagnosed with infectious endocarditis. Aggressive combined antibiotic treatment was effective for her recovery. C. fetus infection is a rarely reported cause of prosthetic valve endocarditis.Entities:
Keywords: Aortic valve; Campylobacter fetus; Campylobacter infections/complications/epidemiology; Vibrio/drug effects; anti-bacterial agents/therapeutic use; endocarditis, bacterial/drug therapy/etiology; heart valve prosthesis/adverse effects
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22163142 PMCID: PMC3231519
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Tex Heart Inst J ISSN: 0730-2347