Proteus mirabilis bioprosthetic tricuspid valve endocarditis with massive right ventricular vegetation: a new entity in the prosthetic valve endocarditis aetiology.
Division of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS San Martino-IST University Hospital, Genova, Italy ant.salsano@gmail.com.
Antonio
A
Salsano
Division of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS San Martino-IST University Hospital, Genova, Italy.
Elena
E
Sportelli
Division of Cardiology, IRCCS San Martino-IST University Hospital, Genova, Italy.
Silvia
S
Borile
Division of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS San Martino-IST University Hospital, Genova, Italy.
Francesco
F
Santini
D000328:Adult; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000382:microbiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011513:Proteus mirabilis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012086:Reoperation; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
Injective drug abusers; Prosthetic valve endocarditis; Proteus mirabilis; Transoesophageal echocardiography; Tricuspid valve