Summary
A case of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused byCorynebacterium pilosum in a 79-year-old woman developed eighty years after aortic valve replacement with bovine pericardium bioprosthesis is described. In spite of the antibiotic therapy she presented an unfavourable course that led to her death.
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Bei einer 79 Jahre alten Frau trat acht Jahre nach Aortenklappenersatz mit einer Bioprothese aus Perikard vom Rind eine Klappenprothesen-Endokarditis auf, als deren UrsacheCorynebacterium pilosum identifiziert wurde. Trotz Antibiotikatherapie kam es zu einem letalen Verlauf der Erkrankung.
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Sobrino, J., Martinez-Orozco, F., Poch, E. et al. Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by corynebacterium pilosum. Infection 19, 247–249 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01644955
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