Recurrent Mitral Valve Endocarditis Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Splenectomized Host

A 72-year-old male with a remote history of splenectomy and two previous episodes of pneumococcal endocarditis of mitral valve presented with high-grade fever and confusion for 3 days. Nine months priorly, patient underwent mitral valve repair when he had the first episode of pneumococcal mitral val...

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Autores principales: Shrestha, Shikha, Chintanaboina, JayaKrishna, Pancholy, Samir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3888697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24459593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/929615

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3888697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24459593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/929615

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