Chronic endocarditis due to Legionella anisa: a first case difficult to diagnose

Endocarditis due to Legionella spp. is uncommon but presumably underestimated given the prevalence of Legionellae in the environment. We report a first and unusual case of chronic native valve endocarditis due to L. anisa and advocate that the diagnosis of endocarditis be made collaboratively betwee...

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Autores principales: Compain, F., Bruneval, P., Jarraud, S., Perrot, S., Aubert, S., Napoly, V., Ramahefasolo, A., Mainardi, J.-L., Podglajen, I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
First Clinical Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4652024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26693025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.10.003
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Sumario:Endocarditis due to Legionella spp. is uncommon but presumably underestimated given the prevalence of Legionellae in the environment. We report a first and unusual case of chronic native valve endocarditis due to L. anisa and advocate that the diagnosis of endocarditis be made collaboratively between the cardiologist, surgeon, microbiologist and pathologist.

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