Key result
Empirical antibiotics therapy for 21 days resulted in healed vegetation on the tricuspid and aortic valves in a patient with uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot.
Why the study?
To describe a case of an adult patient with uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot who suffered from infective endocarditis involving the tricuspid and aortic valves.
Design
Case report
Follow-up
21 days
Authors
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May support empirical antibiotics in rare culture-negative multivalve IE; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.
Case Report (n=1)
No
This case highlights the rare occurrence of infective endocarditis involving multiple valves in an adult with uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot, which was successfully treated with empirical antibiotics.
Cool et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Infective Endocarditis with uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot (n=1). Empirical antibiotics therapy was evaluated on Healed vegetation. Empirical antibiotics therapy for 21 days resulted in healed vegetation on the tricuspid and aortic valves in a patient with uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot.
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