Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in an Intravenous Drug Abuser Masquerading as Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Intravenous drug abuse contributes to considerable illness burden in developed and developing countries. Tricuspid valve endocarditis (TVE) is rare in Middle East countries, though many reports of it in intravenous drug abusers are found in other countries. We describe a case of TVE mimicking pulmon...

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Autores principales: Panduranga, Prashanth, Al-Mukhaini, Mohammed, Sulaiman, Kadhim, Al-Abri, Seif
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3089828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21577381
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.76805

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3089828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21577381
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.76805

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