Fungal Pulmonary Valve Endocarditis Masquerading as a Pulmonary Embolism

Septic pulmonary emboli (SPE) can be a difficult clinical entity to distinguish from thromboembolic pulmonary embolism (TPE) in a patient with history of IV drug abuse (IVDA). We present a case of a patient who presented with failure to thrive and presumed diagnosis of recurrent PE that ultimately w...

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Autores principales: Ricci, Kevin B., Lee, Peter H. U., Essandoh, Michael, Kilic, Ahmet
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/PMC4345242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25785222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/850852

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25785222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/850852

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