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Rare but Not Infrequent: Infective Endocarditis Caused by Abiotrophia defectiva

Endocarditis (IE) is defined by an infection of a native or prosthetic heart valve, the mural endocardium, or an indwelling cardiac device. Although viridan-group streptococci (VGS) and Staphylococci species have collectively been considered as the most common cause of endocarditis, uncommon pathoge...

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Autores principales: Chowdhury, Sonia, German, Matthew L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5892255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29780647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5186520