An unusual case of Corynebacterium striatum endocarditis in a patient with congenital lymphedema and rheumatic heart disease

Corynebacterium striatum (C. striatum) is a ubiquitous saprophyte with a potential to cause bacteremia. We report the first case of C. striatum endocarditis in a patient with congenital lymphedema and rheumatic heart disease.

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Autores principales: Jagadeeshan, Naveena, Jayaprakash, Shilpa, Ramegowda, Raghu Thagachagere, Manjunath, Cholenahally Nanjappa, Lavanya, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5067387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27751312
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2015.07.026
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author Jagadeeshan, Naveena
Jayaprakash, Shilpa
Ramegowda, Raghu Thagachagere
Manjunath, Cholenahally Nanjappa
Lavanya, V.
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spelling pubmed-50673872017-09-01 An unusual case of Corynebacterium striatum endocarditis in a patient with congenital lymphedema and rheumatic heart disease Jagadeeshan, Naveena Jayaprakash, Shilpa Ramegowda, Raghu Thagachagere Manjunath, Cholenahally Nanjappa Lavanya, V. Indian Heart J Case Report Corynebacterium striatum (C. striatum) is a ubiquitous saprophyte with a potential to cause bacteremia. We report the first case of C. striatum endocarditis in a patient with congenital lymphedema and rheumatic heart disease. Elsevier 2016-09 2016-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5067387/ /pubmed/27751312 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2015.07.026 Text en © 2015 Cardiological Society of India. Published by Elsevier B.V. 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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Jagadeeshan, Naveena
Jayaprakash, Shilpa
Ramegowda, Raghu Thagachagere
Manjunath, Cholenahally Nanjappa
Lavanya, V.
An unusual case of Corynebacterium striatum endocarditis in a patient with congenital lymphedema and rheumatic heart disease
title An unusual case of Corynebacterium striatum endocarditis in a patient with congenital lymphedema and rheumatic heart disease
title_full An unusual case of Corynebacterium striatum endocarditis in a patient with congenital lymphedema and rheumatic heart disease
title_fullStr An unusual case of Corynebacterium striatum endocarditis in a patient with congenital lymphedema and rheumatic heart disease
title_full_unstemmed An unusual case of Corynebacterium striatum endocarditis in a patient with congenital lymphedema and rheumatic heart disease
title_short An unusual case of Corynebacterium striatum endocarditis in a patient with congenital lymphedema and rheumatic heart disease
title_sort unusual case of corynebacterium striatum endocarditis in a patient with congenital lymphedema and rheumatic heart disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5067387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27751312
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2015.07.026
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