RT Journal
A1 Downham WH, Rhoades ER
T1 ENdocarditis associated with porcine valve xenografts
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1979
FD December 1
VO 139
IS 12
SP 1350
OP 1352
DO 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630490020009
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630490020009
AB 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.(Arch Intern Med 139:1350-1352, 1979)