title: Giant Root Abscess by Staphylococcus aureus Without Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya Heart Center, Nagoya, Japan. Electronic address: kitamura@heart-center.or.jp.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya Heart Center, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Mototsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya Heart Center, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okawa
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed