%0 Journal Article
%T Iatrogenic Right Sided Infective Endocarditis in Children with CHD
%A Manjunath CN
%A Narasimhan C
%A Vijayalakshmi IB
%A H.S.Natraj Setty
%J Cardiology and Research (IJCRR)
%D 2018
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.19070/2470-4563-150008
%X Right side infective endocarditis (IE) accounts for 5% -10% of cases of endocarditis. It is estimated that up to 76% of cases of endocarditis among intravenous (IV) drug abusers involve the right heart, compared with only 9% in non-addict patients. But occasionally right sided IE can also occur as a result of contaminated intravascular devices such as pacemakers, central venous lines and IV lines. We report four children aged 1 month to 5 years with right sided IE. The IE was due to IV lines used for parenteral injections and I.V. fluids. The commonest organism isolated was coagulase negative staphylococcus
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%U https://scidoc.org/IJCRR-2470-4563-02-301.php