| Pulmonary Embolus Caused by Suttonella indologenes Prosthetic Endocarditis in a Pulmonary Homograft. | |
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PMID: 20833508 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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A 28-year-old Cambodian man with a history of congenital heart disease presented with a 6-month history of increasing fatigue, night sweats, and weight loss. His surgical history included two Blalock-Taussig shunts, ventricular septal defect closure, and placement of a pulmonary valve conduit via a Rastelli procedure. Echocardiographic and cardiac computed tomographic studies revealed a vegetation in the pulmonary homograft. Blood cultures grew gram-negative rods that were eventually identified as Suttonella indologenes. The patient underwent a prolonged course of intravenous antibiotics, which was complicated by septic pulmonary embolism that clinically resolved. Bacterial endocarditis caused by aerobic gram-negative organisms is uncommon. The authors report the first case of S. indologenes endocarditis in a patient with complex congenital heart disease. |
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Eric H Yang; Kimble Poon; Priya Pillutla; Matthew J Budoff; Jina Chung |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-09-15 |
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Title: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography Volume: 24 ISSN: 1097-6795 ISO Abbreviation: J Am Soc Echocardiogr Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-04-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8801388 Medline TA: J Am Soc Echocardiogr Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 592.e1-3 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 American Society of Echocardiography. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California. |
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