Serratia marcescens Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Portending a Dismal Course

Selma Siagh, Najlaa Belharty, Hasna Rami, Nawal Doghmi, Mohamed Cherti · 2024

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Selma Siagh and co-authors report a man whose new heart valve caught a rare, grim infection two months after surgery, in a case report from two thousand twenty-four. The man, aged seventy, came back with steady high fever and failing health. Deep checks pinned the infection on the germ Serratia marcescens.

Drug care and fresh surgery followed, yet the course stayed poor. The germ is a rare cause of valve infection and kills more often than usual agents. The authors call for more study and clear care guides for such cases. Artificial valve carriers are the group most at stake. Readers get a warning case from a quiet corner of heart infection.

Catalog record

CREATORSelma Siagh, Najlaa Belharty, Hasna Rami, Nawal Doghmi, Mohamed Cherti
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE15 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11616899

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