Bioprosthetic tricuspid valve endocarditis caused by Acinetobacter baumannii complex, a case report and brief review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Species of the genus Acinetobacter are Gram-negative and highly drug-resistant bacilli that normally reside on the skin, oropharynx, and perineum. Several previous studies have reported prosthetic valve endocarditis due to A. baumannii infection. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we present a case...

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Autores principales: Chen, Qiang, Cao, Hua, Lu, Heng, Qiu, Zhi-huang, He, Jia-jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4634728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26537904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0377-8

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