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Performance of the fontan procedure using extra-cardiac direct anastomosis on patients treated for penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae endocarditis

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Streptococcus pneumoniae is now a rare cause of endocarditis in humans. We report a patient with a double outlet right ventricle and mitral atresia, who underwent the Fontan procedure without prosthetic materials after treatment for penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae endocarditis. Postoperative infectious endocarditis was not found. In patients with a history of infectious endocarditis, direct anastomosis of the main pulmonary artery and inferior vena cava would reduce the risk of recurrent infectious endocarditis.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan

    Hirofumi Sawada MD & Yoshihide Mitani MD

  2. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, 514-8507, Mie, Japan

    Shin Takabayashi MD, Hideto Shimpo MD, Yoichiro Miyake MD, Koji Onoda MD, Hirofumi Sawada MD & Yoshihide Mitani MD

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Takabayashi, S., Shimpo, H., Miyake, Y. et al. Performance of the fontan procedure using extra-cardiac direct anastomosis on patients treated for penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae endocarditis. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 53, 176–179 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-005-0029-3

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