Successful treatment of infective endocarditis vegetation with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in a term newborn

Yarci, Erbu; SARI, Fatma; Cetinkaya, Aslihan; Unsal, Handan; ALYAMAÇ DİZDAR, Evrim; KANMAZ KUTMAN, Hayriye; OĞUZ, Şerife

doi:10.12996/gmj.2018.41

Successful treatment of infective endocarditis vegetation with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in a term newborn

Yarci E., SARI F. N., Cetinkaya A. K., Unsal H. A., ALYAMAÇ DİZDAR E., KANMAZ KUTMAN H. G., ...Daha Fazla

Gazi Medical Journal, cilt.29, sa.2, ss.146-147, 2018 (Scopus, TRDizin)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2018
Doi Numarası: 10.12996/gmj.2018.41
Dergi Adı: Gazi Medical Journal
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.146-147
Anahtar Kelimeler: Newborn, thrombocytopenia, infective endocarditis, S. aureus, vegetation, thrombolytic treatment
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The development of infective endocarditis and cardiac thrombus is a rare but serious complication in the newborn infant. Herein we report the use of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in a term infant to successfully treat a Staphylococcal infective endocarditis vegetation that was unresponsive to antimicrobial therapy and not amenable to surgical therapy.