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Successful treatment by stent implantation for systemic-to-pulmonary shunt obstruction due to a Staphylococcus aureus abscess: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2020

Yukako Homma Open the ORCID record for Yukako Homma [Opens in a new window]  and
Yasunobu Hayabuchi
Yukako Homma*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Yasunobu Hayabuchi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
*
Author for correspondence: Yukako Homma, MD, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima770-8503, Japan. Tel: +81-886-33-7135; Fax: +81-886-31-8697; E-mail: farfalle31@hotmail.co.jp
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Abstract

A 13-year-old girl with a single ventricle and bilateral systemic-to-pulmonary shunts developed hypoxia due to shunt stenosis, which was caused by a methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus abscess. Stent implantation associated with appropriate antibiotic administration was crucial to dilate and maintain shunt patency.

Keywords

Stent implantationsystemic–pulmonary shuntStaphylococcus aureusabscess
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 10 , October 2020 , pp. 1538 - 1540
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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