Listeria monocytogenes endocarditis in a patient with an aortic prosthetic valve.
Patients with prosthetic cardiac valves have an increased risk of developing bacterial endocarditis. The causative micro-organism in bacterial endocarditis may be a guide to the portal of entry. In this case report, we describe a patient with a prosthetic cardiac valve who suffered from recurrent endocarditis with different micro-organisms from the gastrointestinal tract.
Castro Cabezas
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Department of Internal Medicine, St. Antonius Hospital, Koekoekslaan, Netherlands.
Cramer
M J
MJ
de Jongh
B M
BM
de Maat
C E
CE
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008088:Listeriosis; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence