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Pulmonary artery intravascular abscess: A rare complication of incomplete infective endocarditis treatment in the setting of injection drug use

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious complication of injection drug use. Right-sided IE encompasses 5–10% of all IE cases, with the majority involving the tricuspid valve (TV). The predominant causal organism is Staphylococcus aureus. Most cases of right-sided IE can be successfully treated with...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Simran, Banach, David B., Chirch, Lisa M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6010969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.03.019