Pyridoxine-Deficient Streptococcus: An Uncommon Virulent Cause of Subacute Destructive Aortic Valve Endocarditis

Nutritional variant streptococcus (NVS) or pyridoxal-dependent streptococcus is a rare but significant cause of infective endocarditis (IE), which presents as a diagnostic dilemma due to difficulty in organism isolation, and high rates of treatment failure, recurrence, and mortality. We discuss a ca...

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Autores principales: Ahmad, Abdullah, Banbury, Zachary, Baez, Enrique, Agadi, Smitha, Chokshi, Aalap
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8988853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35411273
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22951

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8988853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35411273
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22951

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