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Streptococcus Agalactiae Infective Endocarditis in a Healthy Middle-aged Man: Uncommon but Life-threatening
Streptococcus agalactiae (S.agalactiae) is known to cause invasive infections in pregnant women, newborns, and immunosuppressed patients. It is an uncommon but life-threatening case of infective endocarditis in middle-aged otherwise healthy adults. We present a case of a patient with life-threatenin...
Autores principales: | Ya'qoub, Lina, Rehan, Lyna, Parikh, Shailja, Enriquez, Jonathan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6047835/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30034954 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2632 |
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