Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae

INTRODUCTION: In the pre-antibiotic era up 10% of cases of infective endocarditis were due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, but this association is currently exceedingly rare. CASE DESCRIPTION: Since 1997 we have diagnosed three patients, all aged >70, with endocarditis due to S. pneumoniae. One of t...

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Autores principales: Natsheh, Ayman, Vidberg, Michal, Friedmann, Reuven, Ben-Chetrit, Eli, Yinnon, Amos M, Zevin, Shoshana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2014
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Case Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4130964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25126484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-375

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4130964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25126484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-375

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