RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus warneri on a normal aortic valve following vasectomy
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 211
OP 213
VO 131
IS 3
A1 M. Dan
A1 G. J. Marien
A1 G. Goldsand
YR 1984
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/131/3/211.abstract
AB Endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus warneri and necessitating valve replacement occurred in a previously healthy 32-year-old patient following vasectomy. No sign of an underlying valvular defect was noted during the operation. S. warneri is a recently identified species of coagulase-negative staphylococci. Endocarditis caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci is uncommon in young, healthy patients with normal heart valves and has not previously been described as a complication of vasectomy. Similarly, infections caused by S. warneri have not previously been described in humans.