Aortic valve endocarditis in a transplanted heart after urethral instrumentation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Unic, Daniel ^a   Starcevic, Boris ^a   Sicaja, Mario ^a   Baric, Davor ^a   Rudez, Igor ^a   Biocic, Stanko ^a   Varvodic, Josip ^a   Sutlic, Zeljko ^a  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROTOMY;

34;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRAL STRICTURE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 84883236312     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.03.113     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. D.E. Uip, V.A. Neto, and T.M. Strabelli Infective endocarditis in 100 patients subjected to heart transplantation [Article in Portuguese] Arq Bras Cardiol 66 1996 1 3
2. S. Sherman-Webber, P. Axelrod, and B. Suh Infective endocarditis following orthotopic heart transplantation: 10 cases and a review of the literature Transpl Infect Dis 6 2004 165 170
3. M.L. Fernández-Guerrero, C. Verdejo, J. Azofra, and M. de Górgolas Hospital-acquired infectious endocarditis not associated with cardiac surgery: an emerging problem Clin Infect Dis 20 1995 16 23
4. Y. Siegman-Igra Infective endocarditis following gastrointestinal and genitourinary procedures: an argument in favour of prophylaxis Scand J Infect Dis 42 2010 208 214
5. W. Wilson, K.A. Taubert, and M. Gewitz Prevention of infective endocarditis: guidelines from the American Heart Association: a guideline from the American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group Circulation 116 2007 1736 1754
6. A.S. Dajani, K.A. Taubert, and W. Wilson Prevention of bacterial endocarditis. Recommendations by the American Heart Association Circulation 96 1997 358 366
7. N. Sullivan, V. Sutter, M. Mims, V. Marsh, and S. Finegold Clinical aspects of bacteremia after manipulation of the genitourinary tract J Infect Dis 127 1973 49 55