Native aortic valve pneumococcal endocarditis - fulminant presentation

Pneumococcal endocarditis is a rare entity, corresponding to 1 to 3% of native valve endocarditis cases. It has a typically adverse prognosis, with high mortality. There is a reported predilection for the aortic valve; thus, a common presentation is acute left heart failure. We present a case of a 6...

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Published in:Rev Bras Ter Intensiva
Main Authors: Domingues, Kevin, Marta, Liliana, Monteiro, Isabel, Leal, Margarida
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4828096/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27096681
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20160004
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