| A Case of Pasteurella Multocida Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Multiple Peripheral Arterial Embolism |
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Sejin Hwang, Bo Sik Choi, Hyung Wook Kim, Young Min Shin, Eun Hye Kim, Joseph Jeong, Jae Bum Jun |
1Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan Universitiy Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ulsan Universitiy Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea. uvgotletter@hanmail.net |
다발성 말초동맥 색전증을 동반한 Pasteurella
Multocida에 의한 인공판막 심내막염 1예 |
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황세진1,최보식1,김형욱1,신영민1,김은혜1,정윤성2,전재범1 |
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울산대학교 의과대학 울산대학교병원 내과학교실1, 진단검사의학교실2 |
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| Abstract |
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Infective endocarditis caused by Pasteurella multocida is a rare disease with a high mortality rate. Most patients have a previous history of animal contact. The most common comorbid condition is a chronic liver disease, which is attributable to the high mortality rate. Over half of the patients who survived the disease had required valve replacement surgery. We report the case of a 70-year-old man diagnosed with prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Pasteurella multocida and complicated with multiple peripheral arterial embolism. He had neither any underlying immunocompromising diseases nor previous history of animal contact. He was successfully cured after antibiotic therapy for 6 weeks without valve replacement surgery. |
| Key Words:
Pasteurella multocida, Embolism, Heart valve prosthesis, Endocarditis |
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