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Corynebacterium striatum Cardiac Device-Related Infective Endocarditis: The First Case Report in a Patient With a Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator Device and Review of the Literature

Corynebacterium striatum (C. striatum) is a skin commensal agent, rarely described as a cause of infective endocarditis. We describe a case of a 48-year-old man, with multiple comorbidities with cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) device implanted 1 year before. A cardiac device-...

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Autores principales: Serpa Pinto, Luisa, Dias Frias, Andre, Franca, Margarida
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8383607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34434431
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3618