Case report: prosthetic valve endocarditis due to a nutritionally variant streptococcus
| Autor: | Byungse Suh, Bennett Lorber, Michael T. McDonough, Floyd P. Eisenberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment medicine.disease_cause Valve replacement Mitral valve Streptococcal Infections Nutritionally Variant Streptococcus Medicine Endocarditis Humans Heart valve Streptococcus mitior biology business.industry Mitral valve replacement Streptococcus General Medicine Endocarditis Bacterial medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Surgery Culture Media medicine.anatomical_structure Staphylococcus aureus Heart Valve Prosthesis Mitral Valve Female business |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of the medical sciences. 289(6) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9629 |
| Popis: | The first report of prosthetic valve endocarditis due to a nutritionally variant streptococcus is presented. A 21-year-old woman developed persistent fever within one week of mitral valve replacement. Prosthetic valve dysfunction developed necessitating valve replacement. Cultures of blood and the excised prosthetic valve using routine media were negative; Streptococcus mitior grew as satellite colonies around Staphylococcus aureus and in beef heart infusion broth supplemented with 0.001% pyridoxine HCl. Treatment with penicillin G and streptomycin for six weeks was curative. Nutritionally variant streptococci should be considered in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis and negative routine cultures. |
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