An insidious Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans infection of an ascending aortic endovascular graft

While HACEK group organisms cause only 1–3% of infective endocarditis (IE) cases, their insidious and varied clinical presentations make for difficult and often delayed diagnoses. We present a 65-year-old male with persistent exertional dyspnea, hemoptysis, and weight loss who was diagnosed with a H...

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Autores principales: Vietor, Faith I., Nelson, Taylor B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37645535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01832
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Sumario:While HACEK group organisms cause only 1–3% of infective endocarditis (IE) cases, their insidious and varied clinical presentations make for difficult and often delayed diagnoses. We present a 65-year-old male with persistent exertional dyspnea, hemoptysis, and weight loss who was diagnosed with a HACEK aortic graft infection and IE.

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