Detachment of a prosthetic valve due to infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

The incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) due to S pneumoniae has decreased, thanks to antibiotics. However, when it does occur, it can be lethal. The present case provides a reminder of the potential lethality of this postoperative infection.

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Autores principales: Nakamura, Saori, Hanayama, Naoji, Matushita, Hiroshi, Sakaki, Kenjiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7455410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2749
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spelling pubmed-74554102020-09-02 Detachment of a prosthetic valve due to infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae Nakamura, Saori Hanayama, Naoji Matushita, Hiroshi Sakaki, Kenjiro Clin Case Rep Case Reports The incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) due to S pneumoniae has decreased, thanks to antibiotics. However, when it does occur, it can be lethal. The present case provides a reminder of the potential lethality of this postoperative infection. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7455410/ /pubmed/32884753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2749 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hanayama, Naoji
Matushita, Hiroshi
Sakaki, Kenjiro
Detachment of a prosthetic valve due to infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae
title Detachment of a prosthetic valve due to infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae
title_full Detachment of a prosthetic valve due to infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae
title_fullStr Detachment of a prosthetic valve due to infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae
title_full_unstemmed Detachment of a prosthetic valve due to infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae
title_short Detachment of a prosthetic valve due to infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae
title_sort detachment of a prosthetic valve due to infective endocarditis caused by streptococcus pneumoniae
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7455410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2749
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