[Aerococcus urinae endocarditis: first case report in Belgium and review of the literature]. / Endocardite a Aerococcus urinae: premier cas en Belgique et revue de la littérature.
Rev Med Brux
; 29(6): 568-71, 2008.
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ABSTRACT
Aerococcus urinae is a rarely reported pathogen, possibly due to difficulties in the identification of the organism. Only sixteen cases of A. urinae endocarditis have yet been described. Generally, patients were males with predisposing conditions and the outcomes were bad. We describe the first Belgian case of endocarditis due to A. urinae. Which occurred to a 79-year-old female patient. The diagnostic of A. urinae endocarditis was based on the cardiac ultrasonography and the isolation of the bacteria in 6/7 pairs of blood culture. The patient has been successfully treated by a long course of intravenous antibiotics (38 days) and surgery (aortic valve replacement by bioprothesis). We review the 14 cases published in the English literature and discuss the best clinical management of this type of endocarditis.
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01-internacional
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Assunto principal:
Valva Aórtica
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Streptococcaceae
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Implante de Prótese de Valva Cardíaca
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Endocardite
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Rev Med Brux
Ano de publicação:
2008
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Article