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KENT E. WARD, MD; JAMES R. MATSON, MD; STEPHEN R. CHARTRAND, MD; DON A. WILSON, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1983;137(9):913-914.

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Bacterial endocarditis is rare in the neonate. Only 26 cases were found at autopsy among 7,898 infants younger than 2 years of age, and only three had involvement of the pulmonary valve.^1,2 Recently, the clinical manifestations and antemortem diagnosis of neonatal endocarditis using M-mode echocardiography have been described.^3-5 The echocardiographic data correlated well with the findings at autopsy.

We report a case of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis of the pulmonary valve in an otherwise normal neonate. Two-dimensional echocardiography was used in the diagnosis and subsequent follow-up of the valvular vegetation. To our knowledge, this is the first report of successfully treated neonatal bacterial endocarditis.

Report of a Case.—A male infant was born vaginally at term after a normal pregnancy. He had physiologic jaundice and was . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City

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