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Native aortic valve Staphylococcus warneri endocarditis after COVID‐19 infection: a case report and a review of literature

We report a case of Staphylococcus warneri native valve endocarditis in an immunocompetent healthy adult, without known risk factors for infective endocarditis, two months following COVID‐19 infection, who recovered with conservative treatment. Additionally, we reviewed previous cases of native valv...

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Autores principales: Gelman, Ram, Potruch, Assaf, Oster, Yonatan, Ishay, Yuval, Gur, Chamutal, Beeri, Ronen, Strahilevitz, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9111267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35218080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apm.13217
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Sumario:We report a case of Staphylococcus warneri native valve endocarditis in an immunocompetent healthy adult, without known risk factors for infective endocarditis, two months following COVID‐19 infection, who recovered with conservative treatment. Additionally, we reviewed previous cases of native valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus warneri and summarized the main clinical implications.