title: [Infectious enterococcal endocarditis associated with Laubry and Pezzi syndrome].
abstract: Laubry and Pezzi syndrome is a rare but serious complication of ventricular septal defect that increase the infectious endocarditis risk. Authors report a case of an 18 years old young girl presenting an enterococcus infectious endocarditis associated to Laubry and Pezzi syndrome. Initial course is not favourable requiring a surgical treatment in the acute stage. Bacterial endocarditis combined with Laubry and Pezzi syndrome have a poor prognosis needing observation and strict preventive precautions when a favoring factor is present.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, Hôpital H. Thameur, Tunis.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kraiem
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chehaibi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lahidheb
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sfaxi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fennira
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ben Ameur
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Slimane
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D013577:Syndrome