Pneumococcal Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in a Young African American: A Case for Inclusion of African Americans in Pneumococcal Vaccine Criteria

Following the development of penicillin, complications from streptococcus pneumonia such as endocarditis have become rare. However, certain independent risk factors such as cigarette smoking and being of African-American (AA) decent have been associated with a higher incidence of invasive pneumococc...

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Autores principales: Odiete, Oghenerukevwe, Akinwande, Olagoke, Murray, John J., Akamah, Joseph
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20885942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/982521

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