Septicemia and Aortic Valve Endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a Homeless Man

We report a case of bacterial endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a homeless man with no animal exposure. His course was complicated by an allergic reaction to ampicillin, urinary bladder infection, respiratory failure, and acute kidney injury. He recovered completely after aortic va...

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Autores principales: Campbell, Dean, Cowan, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23662222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/923034
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spelling pubmed-36396952013-05-09 Septicemia and Aortic Valve Endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a Homeless Man Campbell, Dean Cowan, Mark Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report We report a case of bacterial endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a homeless man with no animal exposure. His course was complicated by an allergic reaction to ampicillin, urinary bladder infection, respiratory failure, and acute kidney injury. He recovered completely after aortic valve replacement and a 6-week course of intravenous ceftriaxone. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3639695/ /pubmed/23662222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/923034 Text en Copyright © 2013 D. Campbell and M. Cowan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Septicemia and Aortic Valve Endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a Homeless Man
title_full Septicemia and Aortic Valve Endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a Homeless Man
title_fullStr Septicemia and Aortic Valve Endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a Homeless Man
title_full_unstemmed Septicemia and Aortic Valve Endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a Homeless Man
title_short Septicemia and Aortic Valve Endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a Homeless Man
title_sort septicemia and aortic valve endocarditis due to erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a homeless man
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23662222
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