LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES PROSTHETIC VALVE E NDOCARDITIS

Authors
BEMERMELCHIOR P ALHABASH O CAILLON J DESPINS P DRUGEON H
Citation
P. Bemermelchior et al., LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES PROSTHETIC VALVE E NDOCARDITIS, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 27(11), 1997, pp. 927-929
Citations number
5
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
27
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
927 - 929
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1997)27:11<927:LPVEN>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes endocarditis is rare. The authors report a case involving a porcine prosthetic valve in an immunosuppressed patient, Eight blood cultures developed L. monocytogenes. The culture of the re sected cardiac valve was positive after six weeks of antibiotics (thio phenicol-gentamicin and vancomycin-gentamicin). Cure was obtained afte r surgical therapy and medical therapy (five months).