Infective endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas stutzeri in a patient with Marfan syndrome: Case report and brief literature review

Invasive infections due to Pseudomonas stutzeri have rarely been described and mainly occur in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of infective endocarditis caused by P. stutzeri after previous cardiac surgery in a Lebanese patient with Marfan syndrome. We review the literature and concl...

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Autores principales: Shalabi, Ahmad, Ehrlich, Tristan, Schäfers, Hans-Joachim, Becker, Sören L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5554981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28831383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.07.010
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Sumario:Invasive infections due to Pseudomonas stutzeri have rarely been described and mainly occur in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of infective endocarditis caused by P. stutzeri after previous cardiac surgery in a Lebanese patient with Marfan syndrome. We review the literature and conclude that this pathogen may be of particular medical relevance in the Mediterranean Basin.

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