Native Valve Endocarditis due to Ralstonia pickettii: A Case Report and Literature Review

Ralstonia pickettii is a rare pathogen and even more rare in healthy individuals. Here we report a case of R. pickettii bacteremia leading to aortic valve abscess and complete heart block. To our knowledge this is the first case report of Ralstonia species causing infective endocarditis with perival...

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Autores principales: Orme, Joseph, Rivera-Bonilla, Tomas, Loli, Akil, Blattman, Negin N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25648998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/324675

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25648998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/324675

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