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Replacement of the mitral valve in an infant with group B streptococcal endocarditis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2011

Thomas A. Walker ,
Giorgio M. Aru  and
Makram R. Ebeid
Thomas A. Walker*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Critical Care and Cardiology, The University of Mississippi Medical Center and The Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children, Jackson, MS, USA
Giorgio M. Aru
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
Makram R. Ebeid
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Critical Care and Cardiology, The University of Mississippi Medical Center and The Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children, Jackson, MS, USA
*
Correspondence to: Thomas A. Walker, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA. Tel: (601)815 8173; Fax: (601) 815 8189; E-mail: twalker@ped.umsmed.edu
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Abstract

Endocarditis due to group B streptococcus is very rare in infants, and may be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Review of the literature reveals only a single reported case of an infant with this type of streptococcal endocarditis involving the mitral valve. This infant had underlying congenital heart disease, and died shortly after catheterization. We now report group B streptococcal endocarditis occurring in an infant with a structurally normal heart who was treated successfully by replacement of the mitral valve.

Keywords

Endocarditisgroup B streptococcusmitral valve replacement

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 91 - 93
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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