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Endocardite em bioprótese valvar cardíaca por Cardiobacterium hominis / Cardiobacterium hominis bioprosthetic valve endocarditis
Resende, Marcos Valério Coimbra de; Mansur, Alfredo José; Tarasoutchi, Flávio; Tavelin, Wagner; Grinberg, Max.
  • Resende, Marcos Valério Coimbra de; s.af
  • Mansur, Alfredo José; s.af
  • Tarasoutchi, Flávio; s.af
  • Tavelin, Wagner; s.af
  • Grinberg, Max; s.af
Arq. bras. cardiol ; 55(2): 117-119, ago. 1990. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-89250
RESUMO
Mulher de 36 anos apresentou endocardite por Cardiobacterium hominis em prótese valvar cardíaca. A identificaçäo do agente etiológico nas hemoculturas foi possível no 7§ dia de incubaçäo. O tratamento etiológico foi feito com a administraçäo diária de 18.10**6 U. I. de penicilina cristalina por via endovenosa, associada a 800 mg/dia de amicacina, por 42 dias. O tratamento cirúrgico foi indicado em razäo de insuficiência cardíaca refratária, procedendo-se a implante de bioprótese de pericárdio bovino. A paciente encontrava-se assintomática em avaliaçäo no 7§ mês após a alta hospitalar
ABSTRACT
A 36-year-old female patient developed Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis on a mitral valve prosthesis. The etiologic agent was identified in the seventh day of incubation of the blood cultures specimens. Cristaline penicillin (18.106 UI dayly) and amikacin (800 mg daily) were administered for 42 days. Surgical treatment for heart failure unresponsive to medical treatment was carried on in the eighteenth day of antibiotic therapy. A bovine pericardium prosthesis was inserted. The patient was discharged and is assymptomatic affer seven months
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Bioprosthesis / Heart Valve Prosthesis / Endocarditis, Bacterial Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: Portuguese Journal: Arq. bras. cardiol Journal subject: Cardiology Year: 1990 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Bioprosthesis / Heart Valve Prosthesis / Endocarditis, Bacterial Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: Portuguese Journal: Arq. bras. cardiol Journal subject: Cardiology Year: 1990 Type: Article