Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Escherichia Coli
Escherichia coli is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. This report describes a case of native valve endocarditis caused by Escherichia coli in a 58-year-old male renal transplant patient who had a concurrent urinary tract infection caused by the same organism. The patient was successfully tre...
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| author | Thangam Menon Nandhakumar Balakrishnan Shanmugasundaram Somasundaram Prabu Dhandapani |
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| description | Escherichia coli is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. This report describes a case of native valve endocarditis caused by
Escherichia coli in a 58-year-old male renal transplant patient who had a concurrent urinary tract infection caused by the same
organism. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotics and recovered without surgical intervention. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33a3e75068c544b1bfccf603e1327f332022-12-21T23:54:20ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2017-06-01116DD05DD0610.7860/JCDR/2017/27201.10046Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Escherichia ColiThangam Menon0Nandhakumar Balakrishnan1Shanmugasundaram Somasundaram2Prabu Dhandapani3Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Past Research Scholar, Department of Microbiology, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Professor (Retd), Department of Cardiology, Madras Medical College and General Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Escherichia coli is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. This report describes a case of native valve endocarditis caused by Escherichia coli in a 58-year-old male renal transplant patient who had a concurrent urinary tract infection caused by the same organism. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotics and recovered without surgical intervention.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/10046/27201_CE(RA1)_F(T)-PF1(VJ_VTNE)_PFA(PNE).pdfamikacincoccobacilliechocardiogramhaematurianetlimicinurinary tract infection |
| spellingShingle | Thangam Menon Nandhakumar Balakrishnan Shanmugasundaram Somasundaram Prabu Dhandapani Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Escherichia Coli Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research amikacin coccobacilli echocardiogram haematuria netlimicin urinary tract infection |
| title | Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Escherichia Coli |
| title_full | Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Escherichia Coli |
| title_fullStr | Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Escherichia Coli |
| title_full_unstemmed | Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Escherichia Coli |
| title_short | Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Escherichia Coli |
| title_sort | native valve endocarditis caused by escherichia coli |
| topic | amikacin coccobacilli echocardiogram haematuria netlimicin urinary tract infection |
| url | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/10046/27201_CE(RA1)_F(T)-PF1(VJ_VTNE)_PFA(PNE).pdf |
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