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
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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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author Compain, F.
Bruneval, P.
Jarraud, S.
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Aubert, S.
Napoly, V.
Ramahefasolo, A.
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Podglajen, I.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-46520242015-12-11 Chronic endocarditis due to Legionella anisa: a first case difficult to diagnose Compain, F. Bruneval, P. Jarraud, S. Perrot, S. Aubert, S. Napoly, V. Ramahefasolo, A. Mainardi, J.-L. Podglajen, I. New Microbes New Infect First Clinical Case Report 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. Elsevier 2015-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4652024/ /pubmed/26693025 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.10.003 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Mainardi, J.-L.
Podglajen, I.
Chronic endocarditis due to Legionella anisa: a first case difficult to diagnose
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title_fullStr Chronic endocarditis due to Legionella anisa: a first case difficult to diagnose
title_full_unstemmed Chronic endocarditis due to Legionella anisa: a first case difficult to diagnose
title_short Chronic endocarditis due to Legionella anisa: a first case difficult to diagnose
title_sort chronic endocarditis due to legionella anisa: a first case difficult to diagnose
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4652024/
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