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Pneumococcal pulmonary valve endocarditis

Pulmonary valve endocarditis is a rare type of infective endocarditis (IE). Streptococcus pneumoniae is a pathogen that is uncommonly associated with IE. A 50 year-old male was referred to us after an incidental echocardiographic finding of a pulmonary valve vegetation. The patient had a recent admi...

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Autores principales: Vrettos, Apostolos, Mota, Paula, Nash, James, Thorp, Iain, Baghai, Max, Marzetti, Adam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28634177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/ERP-17-0026