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Haemophilus aphrophilus Endocarditis after Tongue Piercing

Piercing invades subcutaneous areas and has a high potential for infectious complications. The number of case reports of endocarditis associated with piercing is increasing. We studied a 25-year-old man with a pierced tongue, who arrived at Memorial Health University Medical Center with fever, chill...

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Autores principales: Akhondi, Hossein, Rahimi, Ali R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12141972
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0808.010458