[Beta-hemolytic streptococcus endocarditis in an adolescent with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy].
A 15 year-old male adolescent was hospitalized in a severe septic condition, due to infectious endocarditis which abided for 20 days. The admittance echocardiogram displayed a mitral valve vegetation in conjunction to a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In spite of applied antibiotics the patient expired. The authors emphasize the diagnostic difficulties of this compound entity and stress the need of antibiotic prophylaxis for patients who bear a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, even in those with a non-obstructive disposition.
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Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.
Fernandes
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Succi
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Albanesi Filho
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D000293:Adolescent; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Endocardite por estreptococo beta-hemolítico em adolescente portador de cardiomiopatia hipertrófica.