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Infective Endocarditis Following Cardiac Catheterization in Infancy

A Case Report and Review

Department of Pediatrics, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California

Gerald Greene, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California

Donald Sperling, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California

Beverly C. Morgan, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California

A 4.5-month-old infant with transposition of great vessels and large ventricular septal defect developed acute infective endocarditis following cardiac catheterization. Beta-hemolytic streptococcus was recovered from three blood cultures. The infant survived after 6 weeks intravenous antibiotic therapy. The occurrence of infective endocarditis following cardiac catheterization during infancy is briefly reviewed and discussed. The importance of distinguishing febrile episodes of infancy from infective endocarditis and the use of two-dimensional echocardiography for diagnosis is re-emphasized.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 25, No. 4, 222-224 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288602500410


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