Corynebacterium endocarditis of a percutaneously placed transcatheter pulmonary valve

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 932-934

  Johnson, Jason N ^a   Miller, Stephen G ^a   Lodge, Andrew J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Heart valve prosthesis implantation; Transcatheter pulmonary valve

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CARPENTIER EDWARDS BIOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDODIPHTHERITICUM; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MURMUR; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY VALVE PROSTHESIS; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; PULMONARY VALVE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; PULMONARY VALVE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 84910643302     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951113001492     Document Type: Article

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