[Endocarditis caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: report of a case and review of literature]. / Endocarditis caused by stenotrophomonas maltophilia: report of a case and review of literature.
An Med Interna
; 20(6): 312-6, 2003 Jun.
Article
em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12848604
ABSTRACT
We report a case of a 65 year-old woman with late endocarditis of prosthetic aortic valve and paravalvular abscess by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, which had an acute presentation for the memtionated abscess broken, with fever, bacteremia and congestive heart failure secondary to severity aortic regurgitation. Itacute;s a rare cause of endocarditis with only 22 cases descripted in medical literature, the most of them in parenteral drug addict and as complication of cardiac valve replacement. The literature is reviewed and relate the epidemiology, clinical and prognosis characteristics of this disease, the same as his treatment and prevention.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Próteses Valvulares Cardíacas
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Infecções Relacionadas à Prótese
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Infecções por Bactérias Gram-Negativas
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
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Endocardite Bacteriana
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
An Med Interna
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA INTERNA
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha