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Internist (Berl)
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Case Reports
[Pneumonia, endocarditis of two valves and pulmonary artery embolism in a 26-year-old male patient].
A 26-year-old male patient presented with left-sided pneumonia, endocarditis of the tricuspid and pulmonary valves and a pulmonary artery embolism. In 2004 a Ross operation was performed because of congenital aortic valve stenosis. ⋯ Under antibiotic treatment with levofloxacin and doxycycline there was an improvement of the symptoms and a normalization of the inflammation parameters. The treatment of the endocarditis was successful.