First case of blood-culture proven Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis of a Sapien® XT valve after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Dec;48(6):e124-5. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv332. Epub 2015 Oct 7.

Authors

Marcel Vollroth¹, Ingo Daehnert², Martin Kostelka², Robert Wagner²

Affiliations

¹ Department for Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Helios Heart Center Leipzig, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany [email protected].
² Department for Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Helios Heart Center Leipzig, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

PMID: 26446262
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv332

No abstract available

Keywords: Endocarditis; Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation; Reoperation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Bioprosthesis / adverse effects*
Echocardiography
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
Humans
Pulmonary Valve / surgery*
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections / etiology*