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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1008-1010
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Aortic Valve Endocarditis by Capnocytophaga Haemolytica

Maria A. Gutierrez-Martin, MD*, Omar A. Araji, MD, PhD, Jose M. Barquero, MD, Carlos Velázquez, MD, Mariano García-Borbolla, MD, Pastora Gallego, MD, Carlos A. Infantes, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville, Spain

Accepted for publication March 23, 2007.

* Address correspondence to Dr Gutierrez-Martin, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, C/Muro de los Navarros 24, Bajo E4, Seville, 41003, Spain (Email: ma_gutierrez4{at}yahoo.es).

We report a case of a 51-year-old patient with suspected prosthetic valve endocarditis. Capnocytophaga haemolytica was isolated in blood cultures and the repeated echocardiograms showed growth of vegetations and disruption of the proximal prosthetic valve suture line with progressive aortic regurgitation. The patient underwent a root debridement and replacement with a stentless bioprosthesis.






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