Infectious endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a cardiac surgery patient: a new form of clinical presentation

High mortality associated with pneumococcal endocarditis is due to late diagnosis and the frequency of complications, which usually require early diagnostic and intensive therapeutic measures. We present the first reported case of pneumococcal endocarditis with simultaneous infection of an aortic pr...

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Autores principales: Lacalzada, Juan, Padilla, Marta, de la Rosa, Alejandro, Laynez, Ignacio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26862407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.448
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author Lacalzada, Juan
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de la Rosa, Alejandro
Laynez, Ignacio
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description High mortality associated with pneumococcal endocarditis is due to late diagnosis and the frequency of complications, which usually require early diagnostic and intensive therapeutic measures. We present the first reported case of pneumococcal endocarditis with simultaneous infection of an aortic prosthetic valve, native tricuspid valve, and permanent pacemaker lead.
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spelling pubmed-47365362016-02-09 Infectious endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a cardiac surgery patient: a new form of clinical presentation Lacalzada, Juan Padilla, Marta de la Rosa, Alejandro Laynez, Ignacio Clin Case Rep Case Reports High mortality associated with pneumococcal endocarditis is due to late diagnosis and the frequency of complications, which usually require early diagnostic and intensive therapeutic measures. We present the first reported case of pneumococcal endocarditis with simultaneous infection of an aortic prosthetic valve, native tricuspid valve, and permanent pacemaker lead. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4736536/ /pubmed/26862407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.448 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Infectious endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a cardiac surgery patient: a new form of clinical presentation
title Infectious endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a cardiac surgery patient: a new form of clinical presentation
title_full Infectious endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a cardiac surgery patient: a new form of clinical presentation
title_fullStr Infectious endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a cardiac surgery patient: a new form of clinical presentation
title_full_unstemmed Infectious endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a cardiac surgery patient: a new form of clinical presentation
title_short Infectious endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a cardiac surgery patient: a new form of clinical presentation
title_sort infectious endocarditis due to streptococcus pneumoniae in a cardiac surgery patient: a new form of clinical presentation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26862407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.448
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