Prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia complicated by subannular abscess
ACTA CHIRURGICA BELGICA, cilt.108, sa.2, ss.258-260, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 108 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2008
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00015458.2008.11680216
- Dergi Adı: ACTA CHIRURGICA BELGICA
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.258-260
- Anahtar Kelimeler: aortic root, aortic valve, replacement, endocarditis, INFECTIONS, ROOT
- İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Annular abscesses are serious complications of infectious native and prosthetic valve endocarditis. In this patient, we isolated Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, a rare cause of subaortic abscess with high monality/morbidity rates although virulent gram-positive cocci, S. Aureus in particular, have been the most commonly isolated agents. We treated this case of endocarditis and the subannular abscess observed I year after the initial operation by aortic root replacement with resternotomy in addition to appropriate antibiotics.