Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 4 , Pages 331-334, July 2010

Acute Streptococcus agalactiae endocarditis: Outcomes of early surgical treatment

  • Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute (InCor.HC.FMUSP), Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano, MD, Rua Cardoso de Almeida 1006/13 Perdizes São Paulo-SP Brazil ZIP 05013-001.
    • ,
  • Daiane Patricia Cais, RN

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute (InCor.HC.FMUSP), Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Roberto Carrasco Navarro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Tânia Mara Varejão Strabelli, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute (InCor.HC.FMUSP), Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

published online 26 August 2009.

The incidence of Streptococcus agalactiae is widely recognized as increasing in nonpregnant adults. This report describes a retrospective case series of S. agalactiae endocarditis at the Heart Institute of Sao Paulo, Brazil, between 2000 and 2006. Early diagnosis and valve surgery seem to have contributed to improved patient outcomes.

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PII: S0147-9563(09)00177-0

doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.06.018

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 4 , Pages 331-334, July 2010

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