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Conquering the pneumococcal nemesis with oral antibiotics

INTRODUCTION: Streptococcus pneumoniae endocarditis (SPE) occurs in <3% of all EI cases due to the evolution of penicillin and vaccination. However, immunocompromised and unvaccinated patients are still at grave risk. CASE: A 58-year-old African American male who used alcohol and intravenous (IV)...

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Autores principales: Garris, Rana, Abanoub, Rushdy, Qaqa, Firas, Rana, Chirag, Guragai, Nirmal, Habib, Habib A., Shamoon, Fayez, Bikkina, Mahesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7034445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32128062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2019.1708637