title: Relapsing infective endocarditis following closure of ventricular septal defect.
abstract: An 8-year-old boy who had undergone Dacron patch closure of a ventricular septal defect 5 years earlier, was admitted with relapsing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis and lung abscesses. Echocardiography indicated vegetation attached to the tricuspid valve and the Dacron patch. The infected patch was replaced with glutaraldehyde-treated autologous pericardium. He was discharged uneventfully and has been well for 4 years, without signs of infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. sai@miyagi-children.or.jp
authors.forename: Sadahiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sai
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Yoshikatsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saiki
authors.forename: Akinobu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tabayashi
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000276:immunology; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography