Corynebacterium Diphtheriae Endocarditis with Multifocal Septic Emboli: Can Prompt Diagnosis Help Avoid Surgery?

Patient: Male, 23 Final Diagnosis: Corynebacterium diphtheriae endocarditis Symptoms: Abdominal pain • cachexia • diarrhea • fever • vomiting Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Mitral valve replacement Specialty: Surgery OBJECTIVE: Rare disease BACKGROUND: Although Corynebacterium diphtheriae is well...

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Autores principales: Patris, Vasileios, Argiriou, Orestis, Konstantinou, Charalampos, Lama, Niki, Georgiou, Haris, Katsanevakis, Emmanouil, Argiriou, Mihalis, Charitos, Christos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25153519
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.890855

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