Surgical management of Staphylococcus capitis prosthetic valve infective endocarditis: Retrospective review of a 10-year single center experience and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Vincent Tchana-Sato (Author), Gregory Hans (Author), Frederic Frippiat (Author), Ines Zekhnini (Author), Raluca Dulgheru (Author), Jean P. Lavigne (Author), Jean O. Defraigne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Staphylococcus capitis (S. capitis) is a subtype of coagulase-negative staphylococci and a commensal of the skin of the human scalp and forehead. S. capitis has been occasionally reported in infective endocarditis and rarely in prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE). The purpose of this rep...