Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus capitis: report of 4 cases

Although Staphylococcus capitis is considered to be a rare causative organism for prosthetic valve endocarditis, we report 4 such cases that were encountered at our hospital over the past 2 years. Case 1 was a 79-year-old woman who underwent aortic valve replacement with a bioprosthetic valve and pr...

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Autores principales: Takano, Tamaki, Ohtsu, Yoshinori, Terasaki, Takamitsu, Wada, Yuko, Amano, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3199242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21978659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-131

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3199242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21978659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-131

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