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1357. Mycobacterium abscessus Native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis. Is a 6-Week Course of Combination Antibiotic Therapy Enough?

BACKGROUND: Infective endocarditis of the native heart valves due to M. abscessus has been reported in individuals who inject drugs. Only one case thus far has been reported with survival beyond 4 months after completion of antibiotic therapy. 24-year-old Caucasian woman with a history of intravenou...

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Autores principales: Matthew. Wooten, William, Lebron, Dora, Winters, Niki, Lagasca, Alicia, Cook, Paul P, Ghimire, Rabindra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809444/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1221