Alessia Callegari1, Barbara Burkhardt1, Christa Relly2, Walter Knirsch1, Martin Christmann1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.4, pp. 671-677, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12830
Abstract Background: Since routine clinical use of antibiotics as well as surgical and catheter‐
based closure of a patent arterial duct (PDA), PDA‐associated infective endarteritis
(PDA‐IE) is rare but can still occur when the ductus is still open or as it closes. Thus,
clinicians should maintain a high index of concern for patients with unexplained fever.
Methods: We report on a PDA‐IE in a young infant shortly after potentially delayed
obliteration of a PDA. We discuss this case report by reviewing the literature in regard
to the pathogenesis (infection primary or secondary to PDA thrombus formation),
clinical (new heart murmur) and… More >
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