Relapsing infective endocarditis following closure of ventricular septal defect

Sadahiro Sai; Osamu Adachi; Yoshikatsu Saiki; Akinobu Konishi; Koichi Tabayashi

doi:10.1177/0218492311421451

Relapsing infective endocarditis following closure of ventricular septal defect

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2012 Feb;20(1):58-60. doi: 10.1177/0218492311421451.

Authors

Sadahiro Sai¹, Osamu Adachi, Yoshikatsu Saiki, Akinobu Konishi, Koichi Tabayashi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 22371944
DOI: 10.1177/0218492311421451

Abstract

An 8-year-old boy who had undergone Dacron patch closure of a ventricular septal defect 5 years earlier, was admitted with relapsing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis and lung abscesses. Echocardiography indicated vegetation attached to the tricuspid valve and the Dacron patch. The infected patch was replaced with glutaraldehyde-treated autologous pericardium. He was discharged uneventfully and has been well for 4 years, without signs of infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / surgery
Child
Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
Humans
Male
Methicillin Resistance / immunology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / pathogenicity
Pericardium / surgery
Recurrence
Staphylococcal Infections / complications
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
Tricuspid Valve / surgery
Ultrasonography