From Cardiac Mystery to Dental Discovery: Resolving Recurrent Infection in a Prosthetic Heart Valve Patient

We present the case of a 71-year-old female with a history of surgical bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement who developed a liquefactive abscess near the mitral valve trigone following Streptococcus gallolyticus bacteremia. The patient initially presented with dyspnea and symptoms of an upper resp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nabhan, Elias, Kawas, Marie-Michelle, Tohme, Rana, Nasr, Samer R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10326637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37425519
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40073

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10326637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37425519
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40073

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