Klebsiella oxytoca Endocarditis With Complete Heart Block

Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis causes 5% of all bacterial endocarditis. Among gram-negative bacteria, Klebsiella species are rare causes of native valve endocarditis. Klebsiella oxytoca is an extremely rare subspecies that can infrequently cause endocarditis and is associated with poor outcome...

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Autores principales: Ullah, Saad, Elbita, Omar, Abdelghany, Mahmoud, Tahir, Hassan, Tuli, Puneet, Alkilani, Waseem Zaid, Suri, Joshan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5011305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27635410
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709616663232
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Sumario:Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis causes 5% of all bacterial endocarditis. Among gram-negative bacteria, Klebsiella species are rare causes of native valve endocarditis. Klebsiella oxytoca is an extremely rare subspecies that can infrequently cause endocarditis and is associated with poor outcome. We report a case of Klebsiella oxytoca endocarditis in an elderly man who initially presented with stroke but later developed sepsis and heart block secondary to endocarditis.

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