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Embolic stroke complicating Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis circumstantially linked to rectal trauma from foreign body: a first case report

BACKGROUND: Diagnostic and therapeutic instrumentation of the lower gastrointestinal tract has been reported to result in bacteremia and endocarditis. No such case has been reported in persons with a history of rectal foreign body insertion despite its potential for greater trauma. CASE PRESENTATION...

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Autores principales: Pandey, Braj B, Dang, Tuan C, Healy, John F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1174869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15921523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-5-42