Open AccessA case of infective endocarditis after transurethral prostatic resection
Author(s) -
Takashi Kawahara,
Hiroki Taguchi,
Takashi Yamagishi,
Koichi Udagawa,
Hideki Ouchi,
Hiroshi Misaki
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.65109
Subject(s) - medicine , infective endocarditis , resection , mitral valve replacement , hyperplasia , surgery , vegetation (pathology) , endocarditis , mitral valve , antibiotics , urology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
We report a case of infective endocarditis (IE) after transurethral prostatic resection (TUR-P). A 63-year-old man who had underwent TUR-P for benign prostatic hyperplasia. After 40 days of surgery, he developed a fever. A diagnosis of IE was established by cardiography which detected large vegetation at mitral valve. After intravenous antibiotics therapy, he underwent mitral valve replacement surgery.