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822234

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-10-20
pubmed:abstractText
Diphtheroid endocarditis is a rare disease. A large proportion of the reported cases have occurred in the presence of prosthetic heart valves. Nine previously unreported cases of diphtheroid endocarditis are discussed along with 25 others taken from the literature. Eight out of the nine new cases occurred in patients with artificial heart valves. A high mortality was associated with infections occurring on prosthetic heart valves. Microbiological studies were frequently hampered by poor in vitro growth of the organisms. Resistance to penicillin and cephalothin was common. Erythromycin or penicillin in combination with streptomycin is suggested as a rational initial treatment for diphtheroid endocarditis involving prosthetic heart valves to be used until adequate in vitro antibiotic susceptibility testing is completed. Long-term suppressive therapy is suggested for those patients who are poor surgical candidates and for those patients who relapse after a reasonable course of antibiotic therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-7263
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
139
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
61-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Diphtheroid endocarditis. Report of nine cases and review of the literature.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article