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Heike Schnoering1, Joerg S Sachweh, Eberhard G Muehler
1Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. hschnoering@ukaachen.de
Abstract:
A five-year-old boy with a structurally normal heart and recent history of adenotomy and gastroenteritis presented with Staphylococcus aureus pancarditis including endocarditis of the tricuspid valve and abscess of the ventricular septum. Surgical treatment consisted of debridement of the valvar vegetations and of the septal abscess. A seven-day continuous mediastinal irrigation with iodine solution was conducted to eliminate local infection sites as well as to prevent from constrictive pericarditis. The patient recovered uneventfully and is in excellent clinical condition with no residues one year after surgery.
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