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[A case of Bacillus cereus prosthetic valve endocarditis]
M Yamamura1, K Aoki, S Takanashi
1Department of Surgery, The Cardiovascular Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. the Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
A rare case of prosthetic valve endocarditis by Bacillus cereus was reported. The patient was 43-year-old Japanese man, who had mitral valve replacement 5 months prior to this admission. Remitral valve replacement was immediately done successfully. His postoperative course was uneventful for 8 months.