A male 54 years-old patient with infective endocarditis through Staphylococcus aureus with prosthesis of Starr-Edwards aortic with clinical and echocardiographic signs compatible with dysfunction classified as severe. The x-ray images presented double silhouette of the prosthesis, thus suggesting its par...
Two patients with chronic valvular heart disease and myocardial infarction were assisted at our hospital. Both of them were febrile and only one had petechiae associated with signs of valvular involvement led to suspicion of infective endocarditis. Although blood cultures were negative, echocardiographic...
Objetivo - Análise da febre como parâmetro indicativo da antibioticoterapia e do prognóstico dos pacientes durante o tratamento da endocardite infecciosa (EI). Métodos - Estudaram-se retrospectivamente 58 casos de EI no período de janeiro de 1980 a dezembro de 1989. Deu-se enfoque à história clín...