Case report: A prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Legionella bozemanae in an immunocompetent patient

Extrapulmonary infections with Legionella species are rare, but important to acknowledge. We report a case of infective endocarditis (IE) with Legionella bozemanae in a 66-year-old immunocompetent man with an aortic homograft. The diagnosis was made by direct 16S rRNA gene amplification from valve m...

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Autores principales: Fraz, Mai Sasaki Aanensen, Dahle, Gry, Skaug, Kirsten Margrete, Jarraud, Sophie, Frye, Stephan, Bjørnholt, Jørgen Vildershøj, Nordøy, Ingvild
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Materias:
Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9669447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405607
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1055465

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9669447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405607
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1055465

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