title: Japanese features of native valve endocarditis caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci: case reports and a literature review.
abstract: Although coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) is a frequent cause of prosthetic valve endocarditis, native valve endocarditis (NVE) caused by CoNS is not commonly seen. Its high mortality is well known; however, there are no systematic reports published in Japan. We herein report the cases of two Japanese patients with CoNS NVE who were admitted to our hospital located in Tokyo and conduct literature searches on CoNS NVE in Japan from 1983 to March 2012 using PubMed and ICHUSHI WEB (Japan Medical Abstract Society). We also summarize the features of 22 Japanese patients with CoNS NVE, including our patients.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan. ynishiza@juntendo.ac.jp
authors: Yuji
authors: Y
authors: Nishizaki
authors: Shinichiro
authors: S
authors: Yamagami
authors: Yusuke
authors: Y
authors: Joki
authors: Shuuhei
authors: S
authors: Takahashi
authors: Masahiro
authors: M
authors: Sesoko
authors: Haruyo
authors: H
authors: Yamashita
authors: Takayuki
authors: T
authors: Yokoyama
authors: Yuki
authors: Y
authors: Uehara
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Daida
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People; D003030:Coagulase / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D003030:Coagulase