ENTEROCOCCAL ENDOCARDITIS AFTER EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK-WAVE LITHOTRIPSYFOR NEPHROLITHIASIS

Authors
ZIMHONY O GOLAND S MALNICK SDH SINGER D GELTNER D
Citation
O. Zimhony et al., ENTEROCOCCAL ENDOCARDITIS AFTER EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK-WAVE LITHOTRIPSYFOR NEPHROLITHIASIS, Postgraduate medical journal, 72(843), 1996, pp. 51-52
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
72
Issue
843
Year of publication
1996
Pages
51 - 52
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1996)72:843<51:EEAESL>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report a case of enterococcal endocarditis following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for ureteral stone. Although endocardit is following ESWL is very rare, transient bacteraemia occurs during ES WL. This case is a reminder that enterococcal endocarditis may follow innovative genitourinary procedures without appropriate prophylaxis.