A case of pneumococcal tricuspid endocarditis: An oslerian diagnosis

Streptococcal infections present in a variety of clinical syndromes. Invasive disease, such as infective endocarditis, was common in the pre-antibiotic era but is now seldom encountered. The author reports the case of an elderly man with pneumococcal tricuspid endocarditis presenting with fever and...

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Autor principal: Machiavello Roman, Francisco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8134731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01155
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description Streptococcal infections present in a variety of clinical syndromes. Invasive disease, such as infective endocarditis, was common in the pre-antibiotic era but is now seldom encountered. The author reports the case of an elderly man with pneumococcal tricuspid endocarditis presenting with fever and syncope, and reviews current literature regarding the epidemiology, clinical features and treatment of this condition.
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spelling pubmed-81347312021-05-21 A case of pneumococcal tricuspid endocarditis: An oslerian diagnosis Machiavello Roman, Francisco IDCases Case Report Streptococcal infections present in a variety of clinical syndromes. Invasive disease, such as infective endocarditis, was common in the pre-antibiotic era but is now seldom encountered. The author reports the case of an elderly man with pneumococcal tricuspid endocarditis presenting with fever and syncope, and reviews current literature regarding the epidemiology, clinical features and treatment of this condition. Elsevier 2021-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8134731/ /pubmed/34026542 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01155 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title A case of pneumococcal tricuspid endocarditis: An oslerian diagnosis
title_full A case of pneumococcal tricuspid endocarditis: An oslerian diagnosis
title_fullStr A case of pneumococcal tricuspid endocarditis: An oslerian diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed A case of pneumococcal tricuspid endocarditis: An oslerian diagnosis
title_short A case of pneumococcal tricuspid endocarditis: An oslerian diagnosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8134731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01155
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