PMID: 518218Dec 1, 1979Paper

Endocarditis associated with porcine valve xenografts

Archives of Internal Medicine
W H Downham, E R Rhoades

Abstract

Review of porcine valve xenografts in 68 patients over a 32-month period disclosed seven episodes of endocarditis in six patients, an attack rate of 10%. Four patients died as a result of the infections. The presence of Staphylococcus epidermidis in every case was most striking as was the preponderance of methicillin sodium resistance. The clustering of cases within a restricted time period, and the absence of subsequent cases, suggests the strong possibility of a nosocomial occurrence.

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Dec 1, 1982·The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery·R W BuntonP J Molloy

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