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Staphylococcus lugdunensis from gluteal abscess to destructive native triple valve endocarditis

We herein present the case of a 43-year-old male diabetic patient who presented with an aggressive form of infective endocarditis involving the tricuspid, mitral and aortic valves following a gluteal abscess due to infection with Staphylococcus lugdunensis. This coagulase-negative organism which is...

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Autor principal: Al Majid, Fahad M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30284590
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.22905