title: Culture Negative Stent Infection in an Infant with Hypoplastic Left Heart and Persistent Fever.
abstract: We present an infant with hypoplastic left heart with persistent fever despite two courses of antibiotics and repeatedly negative blood cultures. He eventually underwent surgical extraction of two stents. The stent cultures became positive; he was treated with 4 weeks of antibiotics and the fever resolved.
authors.affiliation: The Heart Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, 92 W. Miller Street, MP 307, Orlando, FL 32806, USA.
authors.forename: Kurt D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Piggott
authors.affiliation: Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Pediatric Infectious Disease, USA.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laham
authors.affiliation: Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Pediatric Infectious Disease, USA.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jordan Villegas
authors.affiliation: The Heart Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, 92 W. Miller Street, MP 307, Orlando, FL 32806, USA.
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fakioglu
authors.affiliation: The Heart Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, 92 W. Miller Street, MP 307, Orlando, FL 32806, USA.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.affiliation: The Heart Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, 92 W. Miller Street, MP 307, Orlando, FL 32806, USA.
authors.forename: Sukumar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suguna Narasimhulu