- Title
- Escherichia coli endocarditis: a case report and review of the literature
- Creator
- Arunasalam, Shyamala; Pickles, Robert
- Relation
- Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice Vol. 18, Issue 4, p. 247-250
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IPC.0b013e3181c753d1
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- Despite the frequency of Escherichia coli bacteremia, endocarditis is a very rare event. Review of the published literature yielded 127 cases with an overall mortality rate of 52%. Cases most often occur in elderly females with the urinary tract being the common source. Early surgical consultation is advised. We report a case of 56-year-old woman with mitral valve prolapse who developed infective endocarditis requiring mitral valve replacement.
- Subject
- Escherichia coli; E. coli bacteria; endocarditis; urinary tract infections; older patients
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/930037
- Identifier
- uon:10747
- Identifier
- ISSN:1056-9103
- Language
- eng
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