Diphtheroid Bacterial Endocarditis After Insertion of a Starr Valve
Authors: JACK LEVIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1966)

Case Studies1 February 1966Diphtheroid Bacterial Endocarditis After Insertion of a Starr ValveJACK LEVIN, M.D.JACK LEVIN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-64-2-396 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDiphtheroids rarely cause bacterial endocarditis (1-3) and were not found among the causative organisms in two large series of cases (4, 5).Bacterial endocarditis occurs in approximately 1% of patients undergoing cardiac surgery (6-11). The mortality of this complication is high, ranging in various reports from 20% to almost 100% (7-13).The present report concerns the cure, with antibacterial agents, of a patient with bacterial endocarditis caused by a diphtheroid, developing subsequent to aortic Starr valve replacement.CASE REPORTPatient J. L. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: JACK LEVIN, M.D.Affiliations: New Haven, ConnecticutFrom the Department of Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, Conn.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Jack Levin, M.D., Hematology Section, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. 21205. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byClinical characteristics and drug susceptibility patterns of Corynebacterium species in bacteremic patients with hematological disordersPropionibacterium-associated Endophthalmitis after Extracapsular Cataract ExtractionAnorexia nervosa in a 70 year old manImmunology of Anaerobic Bacterial InfectionsFakultativ pathogene Bakterien der Residentflora der menschlichen HautHematogenous Infection of Total Joint Replacement: An Experimental Study in the RabbitInfection Due to Corynebacterium Species in Marrow Transplant PatientsWALTER E. STAMM, M.D., LUCY S. 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