PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS DUE TO LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES - A CASE-REPORT WITH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
SPEELEVELD E MUYLDERMANS L VANDENBRUEL A DHONDT E GORDTS B VANLANDUYT HW
Citation
E. Speeleveld et al., PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS DUE TO LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES - A CASE-REPORT WITH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Acta Clinica Belgica, 49(2), 1994, pp. 95-98
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Acta Clinica Belgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015512
Volume
49
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
95 - 98
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5512(1994)49:2<95:PVEDTL>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We report the case of a 71-year-old man with a prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis caused by Listeria monocytogenes. He was successfully tr eated with a combination of ampicillin and amikacin, and valve replace ment surgery. This case and previously reported cases are discussed.