Surgical management of Staphylococcus capitis prosthetic valve infective endocarditis: Retrospective review of a 10-year single center experience and review of the literature

Background: Staphylococcus capitis (S. capitis) is a subtype of coagulase-negative staphylococci and a commensal of the skin of the human scalp and forehead. S. capitis has been occasionally reported in infective endocarditis and rarely in prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE). The purpose of this rep...

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Main Authors: Vincent Tchana-Sato, Gregory Hans, Frederic Frippiat, Ines Zekhnini, Raluca Dulgheru, Jean P. Lavigne, Jean O. Defraigne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034120306651