TY  - JOUR
T1  - ENdocarditis associated with porcine valve xenografts
AU  - Downham WH, Rhoades ER
Y1  - 1979/12/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630490020009
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1350
EP  - 1352
VL  - 139
IS  - 12
N2  - 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)
SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630490020009
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630490020009
ER  -