Late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by Enterococcus durans

Enterococcus durans is an extremely rare cause of infective endocarditis. We have reported the first case where a 56-year-old female presented with late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis on a mechanical mitral valve. Medical management failed and eventually lead to the demise of the patient.

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Main Authors: Mohammed Al Shehri, Muhammad Samsoor Zarak, Arif R Sarwari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2020;volume=12;issue=3;spage=152;epage=155;aulast=Al
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spelling doaj-ab9afa2de0ed43dda4d97a76c335e7942020-11-25T03:33:38ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Global Infectious Diseases0974-777X2020-01-0112315215510.4103/jgid.jgid_99_19Late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by Enterococcus duransMohammed Al ShehriMuhammad Samsoor ZarakArif R SarwariEnterococcus durans is an extremely rare cause of infective endocarditis. We have reported the first case where a 56-year-old female presented with late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis on a mechanical mitral valve. Medical management failed and eventually lead to the demise of the patient.http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2020;volume=12;issue=3;spage=152;epage=155;aulast=Alenterococcus duransinfective endocarditislate prosthetic valve infective endocarditismechanical valve infective endocarditis
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author Mohammed Al Shehri
Muhammad Samsoor Zarak
Arif R Sarwari
spellingShingle Mohammed Al Shehri
Muhammad Samsoor Zarak
Arif R Sarwari
Late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
enterococcus durans
infective endocarditis
late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis
mechanical valve infective endocarditis
author_facet Mohammed Al Shehri
Muhammad Samsoor Zarak
Arif R Sarwari
author_sort Mohammed Al Shehri
title Late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
title_short Late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
title_full Late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
title_fullStr Late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
title_full_unstemmed Late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by Enterococcus durans
title_sort late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by enterococcus durans
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
issn 0974-777X
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Enterococcus durans is an extremely rare cause of infective endocarditis. We have reported the first case where a 56-year-old female presented with late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis on a mechanical mitral valve. Medical management failed and eventually lead to the demise of the patient.
topic enterococcus durans
infective endocarditis
late prosthetic valve infective endocarditis
mechanical valve infective endocarditis
url http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2020;volume=12;issue=3;spage=152;epage=155;aulast=Al
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