Ventricular Septal Defect Associated Right-sided Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Septic Pulmonary Emboli

Am J Med Sci. 2016 Jul;352(1):107-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2016.03.007. Epub 2016 Mar 21.

Authors

Eli Ben-Chetrit¹, Yonit Weiner-Well², David E Katz², David Rosenman², Gabriel Munter²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. Electronic address: elibc1@yahoo.com.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.

PMID: 27432043
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2016.03.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Cefazolin / therapeutic use
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / complications*
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / microbiology
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Embolism / complications*
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cefazolin