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Corynebacterium jeikeium native valve infective endocarditis case report: a confirmed microbiological and pathological diagnosis from heart valvular tissue

BACKGROUND: The Modified Duke criteria is an important structured schematic for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE). Corynebacterium jeikeium is a rare cause of IE that is often resistant to standard IE anti-microbials. We present a case of C. jeikeium IE, fulfilling the Modified Duke patho...

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Autores principales: Dowling, Wentzel Bruce, Koen, Johan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7793231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33447720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa365