Afebrile Pannus-Induced Blood Culture–Negative Mechanical Valve Endocarditis
| Autor: | Ichiro Matsumaru, Kazuyoshi Tanigawa, Takashi Miura, Kiyoyuki Eishi, Kazuki Hisatomi, Seiji Matsukuma, Akira Tsuneto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Prosthesis-Related Infections medicine.medical_treatment Pannus 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Prosthesis Mechanical valve 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Endocarditis In patient 030212 general & internal medicine Aged Prosthetic valve business.industry Endocarditis Bacterial Blood culture negative medicine.disease Prosthesis Failure Surgery Blood Culture Heart Valve Prosthesis Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Echocardiography Transesophageal Body orifice |
| Zdroj: | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 102:e511-e513 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4975 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.03.008 |
| Popis: | The diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis may be challenging in patients with an atypical clinical presentation. Virtually all infections associated with mechanical prosthetic valves are localized to the prosthesis-tissue junction at the sewing ring and are accompanied by tissue destruction around the prosthesis. Because the orifice of the mechanical prosthetic valve is made of metal and pyrolytic carbon, which do not enable the adherence of microorganisms, any vegetation originating from the interior of the valve orifice is usually rare. Here we present a rare case of pannus-induced mechanical prosthetic valve endocarditis that was difficult to diagnose. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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