Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Corynebacterium pilosum

J Sobrino; F Marco; J M Miro; F Martinez-Orozco; E Poch; J M Bombi; M Ingelmo

doi:10.1007/BF01644955

Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Corynebacterium pilosum

Infection. 1991 Jul-Aug;19(4):247-9. doi: 10.1007/BF01644955.

Authors

J Sobrino¹, F Marco, J M Miro, F Martinez-Orozco, E Poch, J M Bombi, M Ingelmo

Affiliation

¹ Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 1917038
DOI: 10.1007/BF01644955

Abstract

A case of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Corynebacterium pilosum in a 79-year-old woman developed eighty years after aortic valve replacement with bovine pericardium bioprosthesis is described. In spite of the antibiotic therapy she presented an unfavourable course that led to her death.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Bioprosthesis*
Corynebacterium / chemistry
Corynebacterium / classification*
Corynebacterium Infections / drug therapy
Corynebacterium Infections / microbiology*
Corynebacterium Infections / pathology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
Postoperative Complications / microbiology*
Postoperative Complications / pathology