Aorto-cavitary fistula: a rare case of <i>Enterobacter cloacae</i> infective endocarditis complicated by aortic root abscess and fistula to the right ventricle-Reference-Cited by-全球学者库

Aorto-cavitary fistula: a rare case of Enterobacter cloacae infective endocarditis complicated by aortic root abscess and fistula to the right ventricle

Published:2022-03-01 Issue:3 Volume:2022 Page:
ISSN:2042-8812
Container-title:Journal of Surgical Case Reports
language:en
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Author:

Tan Charis¹²,Wales Kathryn M¹,Huynh Annie¹,Huang Linna³^ORCID,De Boer Madeleine¹^ORCID,Bannon Paul G¹⁴,Bayfield Matthew S¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

2. Department of Surgery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

3. School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

4. Sydney Medical School, Discipline of Surgery, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Abstract

Abstract Enterobacter cloacae are a rare cause of infective endocarditis (IE). We present an interesting case of a 51-year-old intravenous drug user with E. cloacae IE of a prosthetic aortic valve and a fistula into the right ventricle. He underwent surgical repair and 6 weeks of intravenous meropenem.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Surgery

Link

https://academic.oup.com/jscr/article-pdf/2022/3/rjac075/42972606/rjac075.pdf

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