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[Late onset endocarditis in Amplatzer carrier. Conservative management in a pediatric patient].

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2019

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Matamala Morillo, Miguel A
Belmonte Pintre, Zaira
Rodríguez González, Moisés
Segado Arenas, Antonio

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Since their introduction, percutaneous techniques have been replacing conventional surgery as a first-line treatment for septal defects. Amplatzer devices were the first to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and their placement has become a standard procedure in pediatric cardiology. Bacterial endocarditis of intracardiac devices such as the Amplatzer septal occluder is very infrequent. We report a case of bacterial endocarditis in a pediatric patient with an Amplatzer device, who developed an infectious endocarditis six years after its placement and received conservative management with intravenous antibiotics, with satisfactory evolution.

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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Child
Conservative Treatment
Endocarditis, Bacterial
Humans
Male
Septal Occluder Device
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Amplatzer, conservative treatment, endocarditis, septal occluder device

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