Acinetobacter baumannii and endocarditis, rare complication but important clinical relevance

Int J Cardiol. 2015:187:678-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.019. Epub 2015 Apr 3.

Authors

P Laganà¹, L Melcarne², S Delia²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences and Images Morphological and Functional, University of Messina, Italy. Electronic address: linalag@libero.it.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences and Images Morphological and Functional, University of Messina, Italy.

PMID: 25880410
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.019

No abstract available

Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; Cardiac valve prosthesis; Infective endocarditis; Leak paravalvular.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter Infections / etiology*
Acinetobacter baumannii*
Aged
Endocarditis / etiology*
Endocarditis / microbiology
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Humans
Male