Rapidly progrediating aortic valve infective endocarditis in an intravenous drug user treated by antibiotics and surgery

Title:

Rapidly progrediating aortic valve infective endocarditis in an intravenous drug user treated by antibiotics and surgery
Rapidly progrediating aortic valve infective endocarditis in an intravenous drug user treated by antibiotics and surgery

Creator:

Swedi, Malkia S., Pudil, Radek, and Manďák, Jiří

Contributor:

Swedi, Malkia S., Pudil, Radek, and Manďák, Jiří , 1958-

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:bmc12036498-825fb201-6032-4827-9143-ca00665d5785
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http://www.lfhk.cuni.cz/article.asp?nArticleID=6944&nLanguageID=2
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Subject:

akutní nemoc, dospělí, antibakteriální látky--terapeutické užití, aortální chlopeň--chirurgie, aortální insuficience--chirurgie--mikrobiologie--terapie, bakteriální endokarditida--chirurgie--mikrobiologie--terapie, srdce - implantace chlopenních protéz, lidé, mužské pohlaví, kardiogenní šok--etiologie, streptokokové infekce--chirurgie--terapie, intravenózní abúzus drog--komplikace, viridující streptokoky, and mladý dospělý

Type:

model:article, article, Text, kazuistiky, práce podpořená grantem, and TEXT

Format:

braille, text, and regular print

Description:

We report the case of a 22-year old male, a self-confessed recreational drug user who developed cardiogenic shock because of severe destruction of the aortic valve by rapidly progressive aortic valve endocarditis. The disease progression was acute; in a matter of days, the clinical manifestations were life-threatening necessitating urgent aortic valve replacement surgery. Cultivation revealed Streptococcus viridans as the microbial agent. Subsequent recovery with antibiotic treatment was without complication. This case report shows that immediately performed transoesophageal echocardiography and early consultation with a cardiac surgeon has fundamental importance in diagnosis and management of acute infective endocarditis in haemodynamically instable patients., Malkia S. Swedi, Pudil Radek, Jiří Manďák, and Literatura 17

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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Relation:

Acta medica (Hradec Králové)--MED00010947

Source:

Acta medica (Hradec Králové) | 2012 Volume:55 | Number:2

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CDK

Metadata only:

false

Date:

2012