Serratia Marcescens Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Aortic Root Abscess and Aorta to Right Atrial Fistula

Heart Lung Circ. 2021 Apr;30(4):e59-e60. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.941. Epub 2020 Nov 28.

Authors

Charis Q Y Tan¹, David B Chan², Robert W Grant², Con Manganas²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, St George Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Surgery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: charistqy@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgery, St George Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 33262023
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.941

No abstract available

Keywords: Aortic root abscess; Aortocavitary fistula; Infective endocarditis; Serratia marcescens.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Abscess / microbiology
Abscess / physiopathology
Abscess / therapy
Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Aorta* / diagnostic imaging
Aorta* / pathology
Aorta* / surgery
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Aortic Valve* / microbiology
Aortic Valve* / pathology
Aortic Valve* / physiopathology
Aortic Valve* / surgery
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / complications
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / microbiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / therapy
Female
Heart Atria / pathology*
Heart Failure* / etiology
Heart Failure* / physiopathology
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Serratia Infections* / complications
Serratia Infections* / diagnosis
Serratia Infections* / etiology
Serratia Infections* / therapy
Serratia marcescens / isolation & purification*
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Fistula / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Fistula / etiology
Vascular Fistula / surgery

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents