Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis with destruction of the ventricular septum and multiple native valves

Staphylococcus lugdunensis (S. lugdunensis) is a coagulase negative staphylococcus (CoNS) that can cause destructive infective endocarditis. S. lugdunensis, unlike other CoNS, should be considered to be a pathogen. We report the first case of S. lugdunensis endocarditis causing ventricular septal de...

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Autores principales: Ishiekwene, Celestine, Ghitan, Monica, Kuhn-Basti, Margaret, Chapnick, Edward, Lin, Yu Shia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5133647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27920984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.10.011

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5133647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27920984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.10.011

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