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  • Title: [Endocarditis caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: report of a case and review of literature].
    Author: López Rodríguez R, Lado Lado FL, Sánchez A, Rodríguez López I, Gamallo Theodosio R, Lorenzo Zúñiga V, Rodríguez-Otero L.
    Journal: An Med Interna; 2003 Jun; 20(6):312-6. PubMed ID: 12848604.
    Abstract:
    We report a case of a 65 year-old woman with late endocarditis of prosthetic aortic valve and paravalvular abscess by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, which had an acute presentation for the memtionated abscess broken, with fever, bacteremia and congestive heart failure secondary to severity aortic regurgitation. Itacute;s a rare cause of endocarditis with only 22 cases descripted in medical literature, the most of them in parenteral drug addict and as complication of cardiac valve replacement. The literature is reviewed and relate the epidemiology, clinical and prognosis characteristics of this disease, the same as his treatment and prevention.
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