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Native-valve Enterococcus hirae endocarditis: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Enterococcus hirae is rarely identified in humans and may be a commensal pathogen in psittacine birds. We present the fifth known case of E. hirae endocarditis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 64-year-old Caucasian female presented with fever, hypotension, atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular...

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Autores principales: Pinkes, Mary E., White, Catherine, Wong, Cynthia S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6814042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31651255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4532-z