Bacterial endocarditis after cardiac catheterization
| Autor: | Donald C. Harrison, Jay W. Mason, Ronald M. Rossen, Thomas V. Colby |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Cardiac Catheterization Staphylococcus aureus business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Myocardium Endocarditis Bacterial Middle Aged Staphylococcal Infections Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Surgery Bacterial endocarditis Internal medicine Acute bacterial endocarditis cardiovascular system medicine Cardiology Humans Female Antibiotic prophylaxis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Complication business Cardiac catheterization |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 70(2) |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
| Popis: | Bacterial endocarditis is a rare complication of cardiac catheterization. We present the history of a patient who developed fatal, acute bacterial endocarditis following diagnostic cardiac catheterization. The implications regarding antibiotic prophylaxis and catheterization technique are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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