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AI InsightPatient was discharged with no postoperative complication.
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Abstract
The pulmonic valve is the least commonly involved valve in infective endocarditis. The case of an 18-year-old girl with isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis is presented. She was admitted to the cardiology department complaining of fever and cough for four day. She had a history of balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty 10 years ago. Blood cultures grew Nutritionally Variant Streptococcus spp, and echocardiogram identified vegetation on the restenotic pulmonic valve. She underwent elective operation and Medtronic Freestyle aortic bioprosthesis was replaced following six weeks antibiotic therapy. Patient was discharged with no postoperative complication.
Özet
Pulmoner kapak, kalp kapakları arasında infektif endokardite en az tutulanıdır. Onsekiz yaşında kız hastaya dört günlük ateş Ve öksürük şikayetleri ile başvurduğu kardiyoloji kliniğinde izole pulmoner endokardit tanısı kondu. Kan kültüründe Nutritionally Variant Streptococcus spp. üreyen hastaya 10 yıl önce pulmoner valvuloplasti yapılmıştı. Ekokardiyografide restenotik pulmoner kapak üzerinde vejetasyonlar görülüyordu. Altı haftalık antibiyotik tedavisini takiben Medtronic Freestyle aortic root bioprotez replasmanı yapılan hasta komplikasyonsuz olarak taburcu edildi.