Endocardite infecciosa em pacientes com marcapasso definitivo / Infective Endocarditis on Cardiac Pacemaker Endocavitary Electrodes
Arq. bras. cardiol
; 62(4): 243-246, abr. 1994. ilus, tab
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em Pt
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| ID: lil-156268
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ABSTRACT
Five patients who had permanent pacemaker and infective endocarditis were analyzed. Diagnose was confirmed by a positive blood cultures in all patients and 2 of them had identifiable vegetation in the echocardiogram too. The etiologic agent was Staphylococcus aureus in 3, Staphylococcus epidermidis in 1 and Staphylococcus viridans in 1. Three patients were treated with antibiotics alone one had no clinical conditions to be operated, one died before surgery and one had good response to antimicrobial therapy alone. Two patients were submitted to antibiotic therapy and surgical removal of the pacemaker system, without complications. It was concluded that the surgical removal of the pacemaker system, as soon as possible, is the choice's therapy
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Coleções:
01-internacional
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LILACS
Assunto principal:
Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Infecções Estreptocócicas
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Endocardite Bacteriana
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Assunto da revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article