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Avinash Murthy Author

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Subjects of specialization
Pneumothorax , Bronchiolitis, bacteremia

Affiliation
Division of Cardiology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY 12208

Biography

Division of Cardiology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY 12208 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in Non Drug User, Treated Successfully with Intravenous Antibiotics. A sixty-two year old female was admitted for management of bilateral pneumothorax.

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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in Non Drug User, Treated Successfully with Intravenous Antibiotics

Author(s):

Avinash Murthy, Ankit Jain, Sulagna Mookherjee, Robert Millar

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in Non Drug User, Treated Successfully with Intravenous Antibiotics

A sixty-two year old female was admitted for management of bilateral pneumothorax. She was a febrile and her cardiac exam was unremarkable. She did not use intravenous drugs. Her blood cultures grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 2D transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a large mobile vegetation on a normal looking tricuspid valve, confirmed by the transesophogeal echocardiogram.

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000155

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