Ring annuloplasty and successful mitral valve repair in a staphylococcal endocarditis case with bilobular saccular mycotic aneurysm at cerebral artery and frontal region infarction. Secondary to septic emboli

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-99

  Özbek, Cengiz ^a   Yetkin, Ufuk ^a,b   Bademci, Mehmet ^a   Karahan, Nagihan ^a   Gürbüz, Ali ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain embolization; Infective endocarditis; Mycotic arterial aneurysm; Septic embolic cerebral infarction; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM PLUS RIFAMPICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 42549093145     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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