Native aortic valve pneumococcal endocarditis - fulminant presentation

Pneumococcal endocarditis is a rare entity, corresponding to 1 to 3% of native valve endocarditis cases. It has a typically adverse prognosis, with high mortality. There is a reported predilection for the aortic valve; thus, a common presentation is acute left heart failure. We present a case of a 6...

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Autores principales: Domingues, Kevin, Marta, Liliana, Monteiro, Isabel, Leal, Margarida
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB 2016
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4828096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27096681
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20160004

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4828096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27096681
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20160004

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