Chest Pain and Shortness of Breath in a Previously Healthy Teenager

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Jun;4(2):171-3. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piu036. Epub 2014 May 3.
No abstract available

Keywords: Staphylococcus lugdunensis; pediatric endocarditis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Abscess / drug therapy*
  • Abscess / surgery*
  • Adolescent
  • Allografts / transplantation
  • Aorta / microbiology*
  • Aorta / surgery*
  • Aortic Rupture / diagnosis
  • Aortic Rupture / etiology
  • Aortic Rupture / surgery*
  • Aortic Valve / abnormalities*
  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve / microbiology*
  • Aortic Valve / transplantation*
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Chest Pain
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Dyspnea
  • Endocarditis / complications
  • Endocarditis / diagnosis*
  • Endocarditis / drug therapy*
  • Endocarditis / surgery*
  • Gentamicins / therapeutic use
  • Heart Murmurs / diagnosis
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nafcillin / therapeutic use
  • Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Staphylococcal Infections / blood
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / surgery*
  • Staphylococcus lugdunensis / pathogenicity*
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use
  • Vascular Grafting

Substances

  • Gentamicins
  • Nafcillin
  • Vancomycin
  • Rifampin