Photo Quiz: Fever in an 80-Year-Old Male Carrying Biologic Aortic Prosthesis

J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Dec 26;56(1):e03357-15. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03357-15. Print 2018 Jan.

Authors

Rubén Tato Rodríguez¹, David M Guzmán Figueroa², Matilde Trigo Daporta², Marta García Campello²

Affiliations

¹ Servizo de Microbioloxía, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra (CHOP), Sergas, Pontevedra, Spain ruben.tato.rodriguez@sergas.es.
² Servizo de Microbioloxía, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra (CHOP), Sergas, Pontevedra, Spain.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Valve / microbiology*
Bacteriological Techniques
Bioprosthesis / adverse effects*
Fever / blood
Fever / diagnosis*
Fever / microbiology
Gram-Positive Bacteria / isolation & purification*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Spain