Pulmonary homograft endocarditis after Ross procedure

Jean-Michel Grinda; Patricia Brazille; Marie-Odile Bricourt; Jean-Luc Mainardi; Gustavo Gonzales-Canali; Christophe Piketti; Alain Deloche

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.06.001

Pulmonary homograft endocarditis after Ross procedure

Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Aug;78(2):687-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.06.001.

Authors

Jean-Michel Grinda¹, Patricia Brazille, Marie-Odile Bricourt, Jean-Luc Mainardi, Gustavo Gonzales-Canali, Christophe Piketti, Alain Deloche

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, European Hospital Georges Pompidou, 20 rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France. [email protected]

PMID: 15276549
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.06.001

Abstract

We report the case of a 36-year-old patient who experienced an isolated acute pulmonary homograft endocarditis two years after a Ross procedure for aortic valve infective endocarditis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Ampicillin / therapeutic use
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Bioprosthesis / adverse effects*
Combined Modality Therapy
Drug Therapy, Combination
Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
Enterococcus faecalis / classification
Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification*
Gentamicins / therapeutic use
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / surgery
HIV Infections / complications
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Hepatitis C, Chronic / complications
Humans
Male
Methadone / therapeutic use
Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
Prosthesis-Related Infections / etiology*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
Pulmonary Valve / surgery
Pulmonary Valve / transplantation*
Rifampin / therapeutic use
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / rehabilitation
Transplantation, Autologous

Substances

Gentamicins
Ampicillin
Methadone
Rifampin