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Reports successful management of Staphylococcus epidermidis mitral endocarditis in a pediatric leukemia patient, highlighting the diagnostic utility of echocardiography.
Belik, J., Flinn, G., Rivera, G. and Sanyal, S. K. (Cardiopulmonary Disease Service, Hematology Service and General Pediatrics Division, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA). Successful management of bacterial endocarditis of the mitral valve due to Staphylococcus epidermidis in an immunosuppressed host. Acta Paediatr Scand, 69:731, 1980. — We report the successful management of bacterial endocarditis of the mitral valve, caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis , in a 34‐month‐old boy with acute lymphocytic leukemia who had been receiving immunosuppressive therapy. M‐mode echocardiography provided early detection of valvular vegetations and documented the evolution of valvular involvement during the course of the illness.
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