Infective Endocarditis on Caseous Calcification of the Mitral Annulus Involving Both the Anterior and Posterior Annulus: A Rare Case Report

A 72-year-old man with end-stage renal disease and who was on dialysis was admitted with fever and chills. Two years previously, he had been diagnosed with caseous calcification of the mitral annulus (CCMA). Blood cultures revealed Staphylococcus aureus, and echocardiography revealed vegetation atta...

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Autores principales: Ono, Masafumi, Mizuno, Atsushi, Masuda, Keita, Suzuki, Koyu, Abe, Kohei, Kawazoe, Kohei, Komiyama, Nobuyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5919854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29269657
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9520-17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5919854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29269657
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9520-17

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