Aortic valve replacement for late infective endocarditis after heart-lung transplantation.
Infective endocarditis is a rare but life-threatening complication of heart and heart-lung transplantation. We describe a 32-year-old woman who developed aortic valvular endocarditis following heart-lung transplantation. Enterococcus was the infective organism. The patient's condition was successfully managed using prolonged intravenous antibiotic therapy and aortic valve replacement.
Sayeed
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Transplant Unit, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Drain
A J
AJ
Sivasothy
P S
PS
Large
S R
SR
Wallwork
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J
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016983:Enterococcus; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome