Bacterial endocarditis caused by Lactobacillus acidophilus: Leading to rupture of sinus of Valsalva aneurysm

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 161-164

  Encarnacion, Carlos Omar ^a   Loranger, Austin Mitchell ^a   Bharatkumar, A G ^b   Almassi, G Hossein ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents therapeutic use; Aortic aneurysm; Aortic valve; Bacterial; Endocarditis; Gram positive bacterial infections; Intracardiac shunts; Lactobacillus endocarditis; Male; Middle aged; Sinus of Valsalva surgery

Indexed keywords

DAPTOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTIC SINUS; COMPLICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART SURGERY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AORTIC RUPTURE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84962742077     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-15-5121     Document Type: Article

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