title: A case of infective endocarditis after transurethral prostatic resection.
abstract: We report a case of infective endocarditis (IE) after transurethral prostatic resection (TUR-P). A 63-year-old man who had underwent TUR-P for benign prostatic hyperplasia. After 40 days of surgery, he developed a fever. A diagnosis of IE was established by cardiography which detected large vegetation at mitral valve. After intravenous antibiotics therapy, he underwent mitral valve replacement surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Udagawa
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ouchi
authors.forename: Hioshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Misaki