Case images: Catheter tip covered by mass in the right atrium: An unusual example of infective endocarditis

Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2016 Jul;44(5):446. doi: 10.5543/tkda.2016.32966.

Authors

Çetin Geçmen¹, Gonca Geçmen², Muzaffer Kahyaoğlu³, Suzan Hatipoğlu³, Mehmet Aksüt³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. koronerr@hotmail.com.
² Department of Pathology, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
³ Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.

PMID: 27439935
DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2016.32966

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacteremia
Catheter-Related Infections* / diagnostic imaging
Catheter-Related Infections* / surgery
Catheters / microbiology*
Endocarditis* / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis* / surgery
Female
Heart Atria* / diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria* / surgery
Humans
Staphylococcal Infections
Staphylococcus hominis