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Culture of the Aspirated Coronary Thromboembulus Specimen: A Peculiar Diagnostic Method for Infective Endocarditis

A 69-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for persistent fever, myalgias, articular pain, headache, and hypoaesthesia of the scalp. The clinical scenario was typical for giant-cell arteritis. During hospital stay, patient developed fugax amaurosis, stroke, and acute coronary syndrome. The defin...

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Autores principales: Slavich, Massimo, Fisicaro, Andrea, Agricola, Eustachio, Coppi, Giovanni, Ballarotto, Carlo, Margonato, Alberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533433
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/607393