title: ["Fulminant" endocarditis due to Staphyloccocus aureus].
abstract: We report two cases of "fulminant" endocarditis due to Staphyloccoccus aureus. In both cases, the echocardiographic and bacteriologic diagnosis was esthablished in a clinical picture of severe sepsis and thrombocytopenia evolving after a fever of less than 3 days duration.
authors.affiliation: Service de Soins Intensifs Généraux, CHU Liège.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wiesen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piret
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ledoux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radermecker
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Canivet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification