Literature DB >> 3958357

Successful medical therapy of mitral anular abscess complicating infective endocarditis.

R L Kunis, M V Sherrid, J B McCabe, M H Grieco, E M Dwyer.   

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A case of staphylococcal endocarditis with the echocardiographic findings of mitral anular abscess is described. The anular mass resolved after 9 weeks of antibiotic therapy. This case illustrates that perivalvular abscess complicating infective endocarditis may respond to medical therapy.

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Year:  1986        PMID: 3958357     DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(86)80364-3

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Am Coll Cardiol        ISSN: 0735-1097            Impact factor:   24.094


  5 in total

Review 1.  Surgical treatment for aortic periannular abscess/pseudoaneurysm caused by infective endocarditis.

Authors:  Kenji Okada; Yutaka Okita
Journal:  Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg       Date:  2012-11-17

2.  Streptococcus sanguinis Endocarditis of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Presenting as Septic Arthritis of Lumbar Facet Joint.

Authors:  Pranitha Kovuri; Sriviji Senthil Kumaran; Tulika Chatterjee
Journal:  Cureus       Date:  2022-04-16

3.  Early clinical course and long-term outcome of patients with infective endocarditis complicated by perivalvular abscess.

Authors:  Kwan-Leung Chan
Journal:  CMAJ       Date:  2002-07-09       Impact factor: 8.262

4.  Efficacies of various antimicrobial agents in treatment of Staphylococcus aureus abscesses and correlation with in vitro tests of antimicrobial activity and neutrophil killing.

Authors:  D M Bamberger; M T Fields; B L Herndon
Journal:  Antimicrob Agents Chemother       Date:  1991-11       Impact factor: 5.191

5.  A case of staphylococcal tricuspid valve endocarditis with para-aortic abscess in a patient with bicuspid aortic valve.

Authors:  Woo Shin Kim; Seok Hyung Kang; Shin A Lee; Min Sun Ryu; Seong-Hoon Park
Journal:  Korean Circ J       Date:  2011-08-31       Impact factor: 3.243

  5 in total

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