Three Fatal Cases of Rapidly Progressive Infective Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus AureusOne Case With Huge Vegetation

Three Fatal Cases of Rapidly Progressive Infective Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus AureusOne Case With Huge Vegetation

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe disease with a high mortality despite intensive therapy. Three cases of S. aureus IE had a rapidly progressive fatal clinical course despite intensive antimicrobial therapy. One case was methicillin-sensitive S. aureus IE, whi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2007-01, Vol.71 (9), p.1488-1491
Hauptverfasser: Miyata, Eri, Satoh, Shinji, Inokuchi, Kosuke, Aso, Akemi, Kimura, Yoshikuni, Yokoyama, Shinji, Mori, Etsuo, Nakamura, Toshihiro, Matsumoto, Takahiro, Fujino, Yusuke, Kishihara, Yasuhiro, Uda, Ken, Takemoto, Koichiro, Inoue, Toru, Nakayama, Suguru, Kobayashi, Ryozo, Uesugi, Noriko, Hiyamuta, Koji
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Zusammenfassung:Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe disease with a high mortality despite intensive therapy. Three cases of S. aureus IE had a rapidly progressive fatal clinical course despite intensive antimicrobial therapy. One case was methicillin-sensitive S. aureus IE, which formed rapidly growing a huge vegetation on a prosthetic mitral valve, complicated with multiple systemic emboli. The other 2 cases were methicillin-resistant S. aureus IE without any predisposing heart disease.
ISSN:1346-9843
1347-4820
DOI:10.1253/circj.71.1488