Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Corynebacterium pilosum.
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.
Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain.
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J
Sobrino
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Marco
J M
JM
Miro
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F
Martinez-Orozco
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Poch
J M
JM
Bombi
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Ingelmo
D000368:Aged; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology