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ArticleInfection2013

Streptococcus agalactiae infective endocarditis with large vegetation in a patient with underlying protein S deficiency.

H-L Cheng, W-C Lin, P-Y Shih, C-H Huang, Y-C Hsu, J-C Yie, S-Y Chen, C-P Lin

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Article in Infection, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

H-L ChengDepartment of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
W-C Lin
P-Y Shih
C-H Huang
Y-C Hsu
J-C Yie
S-Y Chen
C-P Lin
National Taiwan University Hospital · TWNational Penghu University of Science and Technology · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of a patient with underlying protein S deficiency who suffered from infective endocarditis with a large anterior mitral leaflet (AML) mass of approximately 4.5 cm in length. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) revealed the mass at the AML base and a rupture of the posterior mitral leaflet chordae tendinae. The vegetation's large size may have been caused by one or more of three factors: location, underlying disease, and the microorganism causing infection. Patients with protein S deficiency are prone to thromboembolic events during cardiac surgery. Infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae usually has a poor prognosis, and, thus, early surgery is recommended.

Indexed as

Aged, 80 and overEchocardiography, TransesophagealEndocarditis, BacterialFemaleHumansMitral Valve InsufficiencyProtein S DeficiencyStreptococcal InfectionsTreatment Outcome

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PMID23001489
OpenAlexW2067069364

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