Tricuspid endocarditis, in a 12 year old girl with a previously normal heart

Malawi Med J. 2012 Dec;24(4):81-3.

Authors

T Katangwe-Chirwa¹, E Molyneux, S Rylance, N Kennedy, G Chagaluka

Affiliation

¹ College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Paediatric and Child Health Department.

PMID: 23638283
PMCID: PMC3623021

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Child
Cloxacillin / therapeutic use
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Female
Furosemide / therapeutic use
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / complications*
Humans
Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / drug therapy
Radiography
Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Treatment Outcome
Tricuspid Valve / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors
Furosemide
Cloxacillin