A Common Defect With a Not So Common Complication: Abiotrophia Defectiva Endocarditis in a Child With Unrepaired Ventricular Septal Defect

Ileana Torres-Burgos; Lissvi Mendez-Castro; Jaime Alkon

doi:10.1016/j.case.2022.08.005

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A Common Defect With a Not So Common Complication: Abiotrophia Defectiva Endocarditis in a Child With Unrepaired Ventricular Septal Defect

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A Common Defect With a Not So Common Complication: Abiotrophia Defectiva Endocarditis in a Child With Unrepaired Ventricular Septal Defect

Ileana Torres-Burgos, Lissvi Mendez-Castro and Jaime Alkon

CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.), Vol.6(10), pp.454-457

2022-12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.case.2022.08.005

PMID: 36589346

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Abstract

Abiotrophia

Children

Congenital heart disease

Infective endocarditis

[Display omitted] •IE should be suspected in children with unrepaired CHD and prolonged fever.•Vegetation location may be atypical in patients with unrepaired CHD.•TTE is an essential diagnostic tool in establishing endocarditis.

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Title: A Common Defect With a Not So Common Complication: Abiotrophia Defectiva Endocarditis in a Child With Unrepaired Ventricular Septal Defect
Creators: Ileana Torres-Burgos - University of Miami
Lissvi Mendez-Castro - Jackson Memorial Hospital
Jaime Alkon - University of Miami
Publication Details: CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.), Vol.6(10), pp.454-457
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Number of pages: 4
Academic Unit: Miller School of Medicine; UMMG Department of Pediatrics; UMMG Dept of Pediatrics - Cardiology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
PMID: 36589346
Record Identifier: 991032797016202976