ERYSIPELOTHRIX-RHUSIOPATHIAE ENDOCARDITIS - AN OCCUPATIONAL-DISEASE

Authors
RECULE C SARROTREYNAULD F TREMEL F BLIN D CROIZE J
Citation
C. Recule et al., ERYSIPELOTHRIX-RHUSIOPATHIAE ENDOCARDITIS - AN OCCUPATIONAL-DISEASE, Revue de Medecine Veterinaire, 144(7), 1993, pp. 625-630
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Revue de Medecine Veterinaire → ACNP
ISSN journal
00351555
Volume
144
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
625 - 630
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-1555(1993)144:7<625:EE-AO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis in a 43 years-old butcher is reported. It was an infectious endocarditis on a normal hea rt, which brought an insufficiency of the aortic valve, an abcess of t he septum, and an atrioventricular fistula. Good therapeutical results were obtained under fluoroquinlone plus beta-lactam treatment, and va lve replacement.