Atypical presentation of Abiotrophia defectiva infective endocarditis in an octogenarian

Blood cultures should be performed in non‐specifically unwell older adults following nonspecific presentations. Prompt diagnosis and commencement of targeted antimicrobial therapy are essential in older patients with A. defectiva IE.

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Autores principales: Forde, Gerard, Lucey, Mary, O'Shea, Paula M., Okiro, Julie, Shatwan, Ramadan, Mulkerrin, Eamon C.
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/PMC7869387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33598267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3653
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author Forde, Gerard
Lucey, Mary
O'Shea, Paula M.
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spelling pubmed-78693872021-02-16 Atypical presentation of Abiotrophia defectiva infective endocarditis in an octogenarian Forde, Gerard Lucey, Mary O'Shea, Paula M. Okiro, Julie Shatwan, Ramadan Mulkerrin, Eamon C. Clin Case Rep Case Reports Blood cultures should be performed in non‐specifically unwell older adults following nonspecific presentations. Prompt diagnosis and commencement of targeted antimicrobial therapy are essential in older patients with A. defectiva IE. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7869387/ /pubmed/33598267 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3653 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-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Shatwan, Ramadan
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Atypical presentation of Abiotrophia defectiva infective endocarditis in an octogenarian
title Atypical presentation of Abiotrophia defectiva infective endocarditis in an octogenarian
title_full Atypical presentation of Abiotrophia defectiva infective endocarditis in an octogenarian
title_fullStr Atypical presentation of Abiotrophia defectiva infective endocarditis in an octogenarian
title_full_unstemmed Atypical presentation of Abiotrophia defectiva infective endocarditis in an octogenarian
title_short Atypical presentation of Abiotrophia defectiva infective endocarditis in an octogenarian
title_sort atypical presentation of abiotrophia defectiva infective endocarditis in an octogenarian
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7869387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33598267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3653
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