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Severe recurrent Streptobacillus moniliformis endocarditis in a pregnant woman, and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Rat bite fever is a systemic febrile illness caused by infection with the Gram-negative bacillus Streptobacillus moniliformis following a bite, scratch, or contact with excrement. Only 26 cases of native valve endocarditis have been reported to date. We could find no other reports of sev...

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Autores principales: Crofton, Kathryn R., Ye, Jiqing, Lesho, Emil P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7391614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32727581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00789-4