Native Valve Streptococcus bovis Endocarditis and Refractory Transfusion Dependent Iron Deficiency Anaemia Associated with Concomitant Carcinoma of the Colon: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Streptococcus bovis is found as a commensal organism in human gut and may become opportunistically pathogenic. Infective endocarditis is one of the commonest modes of presentation of this infection. The association between Streptococcus bovis endocarditis and colorectal cancer is well recognized. We...

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Autores principales: Ahamed Riyaaz, Abdul Azeez, Samarasinghe, Randula, Sellahewa, Kolitha, Sivakumaran, Sabaratnam, Tampoe, Manjula Sri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26881154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2670307

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26881154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2670307

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