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Enterococcus avium endocarditis in an infant with tetralogy of Fallot
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Enterococcus avium endocarditis in an infant with tetralogy of Fallot

S Swaminathan and S B Ritter
Pediatric cardiology, Vol.20(3), pp.227-228
1999-05
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002469900449
PMID: 10089253

Abstract

Anti-Bacterial Agents Aorta, Thoracic - abnormalities Aorta, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging Drug Therapy, Combination - therapeutic use Echocardiography, Doppler, Color Electrocardiography Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis Endocarditis, Bacterial - drug therapy Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology Enterococcus - isolation & purification Follow-Up Studies Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - diagnosis Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - drug therapy Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology Humans Infant Pulmonary Artery - abnormalities Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging Tetralogy of Fallot - complications Tetralogy of Fallot - diagnosis
We report a case of infective endocarditis secondary to Enterococcus avium in a 1-year-old infant with tetralogy of Fallot and a Blalock-Taussig shunt. To our knowledge, this is the first case of E. avium endocarditis to be reported.

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1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.23 Antibiotics & Antimicrobials
1.23.173 Staphylococcus Aureus
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Pediatrics
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Clinical Medicine

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