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  • Title: Early-onset Streptomyces endocarditis in a prosthetic aortic valve.
    Author: Shehatha JS, Taha AY.
    Journal: Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann; 2017 Feb; 25(2):137-139. PubMed ID: 26420910.
    Abstract:
    A 66-year-old Australian man underwent elective replacement of a severely stenotic aortic valve with a 22-mm Medtronic-Hall valve. Six weeks later, he was readmitted with worsening dyspnea, fever, and mild anemia. Investigations confirmed pulmonary edema and moderate periprosthetic aortic regurgitation. The pulmonary edema was managed conservatively, and a second 22-mm Medtronic-Hall valve was implanted. Infective endocarditis was suspected in the aortic annulus below the orifice of the right coronary artery. A bacteriological study revealed a rare bacteria of Streptomyces species. The patient received intensive antibiotic therapy over a 6-week period of hospitalization, and the aortic regurgitation disappeared one week postoperatively.
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