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Escherichia coli prosthetic valve endocarditis from a non-genitourinary source

Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a rare cause of infective endocarditis due to its lack of traditional virulence factors that promote endocardial adherence. Previous case reports of E. coli infective endocarditis demonstrate specific risk factors to include advanced age over 70, female sex, diabetes, i...

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Autores principales: Quiring, Robert, Burke, Victoria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8592857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34815936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01329