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2500908

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
Between August, 1974 and May, 1987, 486 patients were treated for infective endocarditis. In 16 of these patients (12 men, 4 women, mean age 44.3 +/- 18.0 years at the time of the first episode) the endocarditis recurred: once in 14 patients, twice in 2 patients. The time elapsed between recovery from the first episode and onset of the recurrence varied from 6 to 159 months (mean 54.3 +/- 35.1 months). Among the 18 recurrences, 10 affected native valves (mitral 6, aortic 4) and 8 aortic prostheses. In all but one case the organism isolated during the recurrence (Streptococcus in 14 cases, Staphylococcus in 3 cases, Rickettsia in 1 case) was different from the organism responsible for the previous infection. The 16 patients were followed up for periods of 28 to 203 months (mean 107.0 +/- 58.0 months), counting from the onset of the first episode. Ten patients were treated medically during the second episode: 4 died and 2 had a second recurrence, lethal in one of them (time elapsed between the onset of the first episode and the date of death: 32 to 149 months). Six patients were operated upon (valve replacement in 5 cases, closure of a left aorto-ventricular fistula in 1 case) without deaths. Nine of the 11 survivors are now asymptomatic. The actuarial survival rate in recurrent endocarditis (75 p. 100, 10 years after the onset of the first episode) is not different from that observed in non-recurrent endocarditis.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-9683
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
543-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-2-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
[Recurrent infective endocarditis].
pubmed:affiliation
Hôpital cardio-vasculaire et pneumologique, BP Lyon-Montchat, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review