Corynebacterium jeikeium native valve endocarditis following femoral access for coronary angiography.

Autor: Ross MJ; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, PA, USA., Sakoulas G, Manning WJ, Cohn WE, Lisbon A
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2001 Apr 01; Vol. 32 (7), pp. E120-1. Date of Electronic Publication: 2001 Mar 15.
DOI: 10.1086/319592
Abstrakt: We present a unique case of rapidly fatal native aortic-valve endocarditis due to Corynebacterium jeikeium, with inoculation as a complication of repeated femoral vascular access for coronary angiography.
Databáze: MEDLINE