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KMID : 0882420120820060759
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2012 Volume.82 No. 6 p.759 ~ p.763
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Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in a Non-Drug-Addicted Patient without Predisposing Factors
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Park Ga-Young
Chang Hyun-Ha
Kim Shin-Woo
Kim Hye-In
Kwon Eu-Gene
Kim Hyo-Hoon
Jeong Ju-Young
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Abstract
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Staphylococcus aureus is a well-known pathogen involved inright-sided endocarditis with predisposing factors, and the clinical course may be acute and rapidly progressive. Intravenous drug abuse, pacemakers or central vascular catheters, and congenital heart diseases are well-known predisposing factors. However, right-sided endocarditis as a result of S. aureus infection is very rare in patients without these predisposing factors. Here, we report the case of a previously healthy 25-year-old male with native tricuspid valve infective endocarditis by methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, complicating multiple septic pneumonia and septic pulmonary artery thrombosis. The patient was treated with antibiotics and surgical thromboembolectomy with tricuspid valve repair.
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KEYWORD
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Endocarditis, Tricuspid valve, Staphylococcus aureus
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