Isolated Native Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in an HIV Patient due to Streptococcus Pneumoniae: A Rare Clinical Phenomenon

Streptococcus pneumonia is an important cause of septicemia. Other sites of infection include meningitis, septic arthritis, and endocarditis. Pneumococcal endocarditis is rare and has a poor prognosis. We report a case of a 47-year-old female patient with HIV who developed isolated native tricuspid...

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Autores principales: Manasrah, Nouraldeen, Moses, Roshini, Al Sbihi, Ali F, Hafeez, Wasif, Hakim, Arif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7606189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33154848
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10780

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7606189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33154848
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10780

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