Giant Root Abscess by Staphylococcus aureus Without Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction

Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Aug;102(2):e165. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.02.101.

Authors

Hideki Kitamura¹, Mototsugu Tamaki², Yasuhide Okawa²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya Heart Center, Nagoya, Japan. Electronic address: kitamura@heart-center.or.jp.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya Heart Center, Nagoya, Japan.

PMID: 27449458
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.02.101

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Abscess / microbiology*
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / physiopathology
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Echocardiography
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Middle Aged
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis
Prosthesis-Related Infections / etiology*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections / etiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed