A Clinical Challenge in the Emergency Department: A Case of Klebsiella Infective Endocarditis Presenting With Splenic Abscess

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious bacterial infection of the endocardium and/or heart valves that carries considerable morbidity and mortality. Often presenting with very non-specific symptoms, this disease presents many challenges to the emergency medicine practitioner. A 47-year-old male wi...

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Autores principales: Ulloa, Nicolas, Cook, Jessica M, Smithson, Shaun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7577354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33101821
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10577

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7577354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33101821
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10577

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