TY - JOUR
T1 - Staphylococcus Aureus Infective Endocarditis
T2 - JACC Patient Pathways
AU - Grapsa, Julia
AU - Blauth, Christopher
AU - Chandrashekhar, Y. S.
AU - Prendergast, Bernard
AU - Erb, Blair
AU - Mack, Michael
AU - Fuster, Valentin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American College of Cardiology Foundation
PY - 2022/1/4
Y1 - 2022/1/4
N2 - A 19-year-old female patient presented with Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis, with suspected subdural brain hemorrhage, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, and septic renal as well as spleen infarcts. The patient had extensive vegetations on the mitral and tricuspid valves and underwent urgent mitral and tricuspid repair. This paper discusses the clinical case and current evidence regarding the management and treatment of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis.
AB - A 19-year-old female patient presented with Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis, with suspected subdural brain hemorrhage, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, and septic renal as well as spleen infarcts. The patient had extensive vegetations on the mitral and tricuspid valves and underwent urgent mitral and tricuspid repair. This paper discusses the clinical case and current evidence regarding the management and treatment of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis.
KW - bacteremia
KW - complications
KW - infective endocarditis
KW - staphylococcus aureus
KW - surgery
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121611312&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.10.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.10.015
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34794846
AN - SCOPUS:85121611312
SN - 0735-1097
VL - 79
SP - 88
EP - 99
JO - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
IS - 1
ER -