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2014, Number 107

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Rev Enfer Infec Pediatr 2014; 27.28 (107)

Enterococcus infective faecalis because of endocarditis in a girl with ventricular atrial shunt: Case report. Review of the literature.

Camacho-Cruz J, León-Chiquillo D, Espinosa F, Camacho-Moreno G

Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 425-427
PDF size: 461.78 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Infective endocarditis is an inflammation of the parietal or valvular endocardium caused by microorganisms. We report a case of a patient with a ventriculo-atrial shunt with fever, bacteremia caused by Enterococcus faecalis for six weeks with a normal echocardiogram, the diagnosis of endocarditis was established using the Duke criteria. The treatment was initiated according to the antibiogram and externalization of the shunt was required, with satisfactory clinical response.


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