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20097530

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
The authors report the occurrence of infective endocarditis in a 32-year-old man with a ventricular septal defect and a left ventricular-to-right-atrial shunt who adhered to the revised 2007 American Heart Association guidelines for infective endocarditis. The patient had received antibiotic prophylaxis prior to multiple previous dental procedures. At a recent dental evaluation for fillings, he was informed that he no longer needed prophylaxis. Fatigue and fevers developed 1 week later, and he was treated with an oral course of ciprofloxacin. The symptoms recurred, and blood cultures grew Streptococcus viridans. A 7-mm vegetative mass was seen on the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve during transesophageal echocardiography. This report raises the concern that patients with ventricular septal defects and left ventricular-to-right-atrial shunts are at higher risk for endocarditis and may require antibiotic prophylaxis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1097-6795
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2010 American Society of Echocardiography. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
791.e5-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Are all ventricular septal defects created equal?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics and the Steele Children's Research Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724-5073, USA. dlax@peds.arizona.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports