Ascites secondary to indolent pacemaker infection in a fontan patient

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-344

  Condurache, C Tania ^a   Johnsrude, Christopher L ^a   Bryant, Kristina ^a   Recto, Michael R ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Fontan procedure; Heart defects, congenital surgery; Pacemaker, artificial adverse effects; Staphylococcal infections; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASCITES; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE INFECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PARACENTESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SEROLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ASCITES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 56049090608     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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