Isolated Enterococcus faecalis pulmonary valve endocarditis without precipitating risk factors: A case report describing delayed need for surgery three years after antimicrobial therapy

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Isolated Enterococcus faecalis pulmonary valve endocarditis (PVE) without precipitating risk factors is exceeding rare, as fewer than ten cases have been published in the literature, most of which did not require surgical intervention. CASE PRESENTATION: An elderly indiv...

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Autores principales: Biesboer, Elise A., Ayala, Gelique D., Cummings, Austin C., Sutter, Heather A., Iqbal, Zafar, Pagel, Paul S., Almassi, G. Hossein
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/PMC8496171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34601317
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.106426

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8496171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34601317
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.106426

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