[Propionibacterium acnes endocarditis on an aortic prosthesis in a patient carrying a pacemaker]

Med Mal Infect. 2008 Dec;38(12):676-7. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2008.07.003. Epub 2008 Oct 7.
[Article in French]
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / drug therapy
  • Abscess / microbiology
  • Abscess / surgery
  • Aged
  • Amoxicillin / administration & dosage
  • Amoxicillin / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aortic Valve / microbiology*
  • Aortic Valve / surgery
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Device Removal
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
  • Gentamicins / administration & dosage
  • Gentamicins / therapeutic use
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pacemaker, Artificial*
  • Propionibacterium acnes / isolation & purification*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
  • Reoperation
  • Rifampin / administration & dosage
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Gentamicins
  • Amoxicillin
  • Rifampin