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Aerococcus spp infective endocarditis following a prostate biopsy: a case report.
- Source :
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo [Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo] 2021 Mar 24; Vol. 63, pp. e18. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 24 (Print Publication: 2021). - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- We report a rare case of an infective endocarditis by Aerococcus spp in a bioprosthetic aortic valve following a prostate biopsy, in an asymptomatic adult with no additional risk factor for prostate cancer, excepting for age. The diagnosis was based on the presence of vegetations on the bioprosthesis seen on the echocardiogram, positive blood cultures and fever, and a favorable clinical outcome following the treatment with ceftriaxone and gentamicin.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Biopsy
Echocardiography
Endocarditis diagnosis
Endocarditis microbiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections blood
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections diagnosis
Humans
Male
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Treatment Outcome
Aerococcus isolation & purification
Ceftriaxone therapeutic use
Endocarditis drug therapy
Fever etiology
Gentamicins therapeutic use
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections drug therapy
Prostate pathology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1678-9946
- Volume :
- 63
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- 33787738
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202163018