An Unusual Case of Early Onset Persistent Escherichia coli Septicemia Associated with Endocarditis

Escherichia coli infection is very common cause of early onset septicemia especially in very low-birth-weight newborns, but E. coli endocarditis has not been described in newborns. E. coli endocarditis, even in the adult population, is a rare and not well-characterized disease and is associated with...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Sachin K., Nanda, Vishakha, Malviya, Prashant, Jacobs, Norman, Naheed, Z., Joseph, Tessy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3799717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24147246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1349346
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Sumario:Escherichia coli infection is very common cause of early onset septicemia especially in very low-birth-weight newborns, but E. coli endocarditis has not been described in newborns. E. coli endocarditis, even in the adult population, is a rare and not well-characterized disease and is associated with high mortality. We report a very unusual presentation of persistent E. coli infection associated with endocarditis.

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