SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS OF THE MITRAL VALVE DUE TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS IN AN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED HOST
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Paediatrica
- Vol. 69 (6) , 731-734
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1980.tb07141.x
Abstract
Bacterial endocarditis of the mitral valve caused by S. epidermidis in a 34 mo. old boy with acute lymphocytic leukemia who received immunosuppressive therapy was successfully managed. M-mode echocardiography provided early detection of valvular vegetations and documented the evolution of valvular involvement during the course of the illness.Keywords
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