TY - JOUR
T1 - Coronary stent bacterial infection with multiple organ septic emboli
AU - Hoffman, Michael
AU - Baruch, Roni
AU - Kaplan, Eli
AU - Mittelman, Moshe
AU - Aviram, Galit
AU - Siegman-Igra, Yardena
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - We describe an 80-year-old patient who developed Staphylococcus aureus septicemia several days after the implantation of a double stent in the proximal and mid-left anterior descending artery. The infection was complicated by multiple abscesses in the lungs and liver, as well as by bilateral bacterial endophthalmitis requiring right vitrectomy. Long-term antibiotic treatment was successful. Rarity notwithstanding, heightened awareness of this potential complication of a common cardiac procedure is important since diagnosis and immediate therapy are mandatory.
AB - We describe an 80-year-old patient who developed Staphylococcus aureus septicemia several days after the implantation of a double stent in the proximal and mid-left anterior descending artery. The infection was complicated by multiple abscesses in the lungs and liver, as well as by bilateral bacterial endophthalmitis requiring right vitrectomy. Long-term antibiotic treatment was successful. Rarity notwithstanding, heightened awareness of this potential complication of a common cardiac procedure is important since diagnosis and immediate therapy are mandatory.
KW - Endophthalmitis
KW - Pseudomonas aeruginosa
KW - Staphylococcus aureus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=17144371903&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejim.2004.10.010
DO - 10.1016/j.ejim.2004.10.010
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AN - SCOPUS:17144371903
SN - 0953-6205
VL - 16
SP - 123
EP - 125
JO - European Journal of Internal Medicine
JF - European Journal of Internal Medicine
IS - 2
ER -