Staphylococcus lugdunensis: an unusual and aggressive cause of infective endocarditis
| Autor: | Rodolfo San Antonio, Eduardo Josué Flores Umanzor, Gustavo Jimenez Britez, Guillem Caldentey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Male medicine.medical_specialty Joint fluid 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Staphylococcus lugdunensis 01 natural sciences Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 010608 biotechnology medicine Recent trauma Humans Fluid accumulation Aged Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation Arthritis Infectious Hip Groin biology business.industry General Medicine Endocarditis Bacterial Staphylococcal Infections medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Abscess Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Infective endocarditis Intravenous antibiotics Aortic Valve Septic arthritis business |
| Zdroj: | BMJ case reports. 2016 |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | A 68-year-old man presented with fever, right groin pain and impaired right hip motion during the last 7 days. He denied recent trauma or cutaneous infection. Initially, a diagnosis of right hip septic arthritis was assumed so, an MRI was performed that showed degenerative right coxofemoral changes with moderate fluid accumulation. The analysis of joint fluid exhibited a septic fluid. Hemocultures were taken and empirical intravenous antibiotic treatment was initiated. The patient remained clinically stable on the first few days with improvement of his clinical conditions. On day 3, … |
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