Staphylococcus lugdunensis Endocarditis Complicated by Embolism in an 18-Year-Old Woman with Mitral Valve Prolapse

Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS). It is a major cause of prosthetic valve endocarditis; mitral valve prolapse (MVP) has emerged as a prominent predisposing structural cardiac abnormality. We describe a case of Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis in an 18-ye...

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Hauptverfasser: Pecoraro, Rosaria, Tuttolomondo, Antonino, Parrinello, Gaspare, Pinto, Antonio, Licata, Giuseppe
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3570945/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23424690
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/730924
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