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Persistent bacteremia secondary to delayed identification of Lactobacillus in the setting of mitral valve endocarditis

INTRODUCTION: Lactobacillus species causing infective endocarditis is rare. Most reported cases arise from the oral ingestion of Lactobacillus via dairy or nutritional supplements in patients with congenital valve disease or replacement. We present a case of native valve bacterial endocarditis cause...

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Autores principales: Stroupe, Cody, Pendley, Joseph, Isang, Emmanuel, Helms, Benjamin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5691217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29181299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.10.002