A chronic alcoholic man with high fever, neck rigidity and loss of consciousness: remember the Austrian syndrome a commonly unrecognised invasive pneumococcus triad

Austrian syndrome is a rare medical condition characterised by the triad of pneumonia, meningitis and endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae. Native aortic valve insufficiency is the most common cause of cardiac failure in these patients, requiring valve replacement. We report a 52-year-old ch...

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Publicat a:BMJ Case Rep
Autors principals: Georgiadou, Sarah P, Manoulakas, Efstratios, Makaritsis, Konstantinos P, Dalekos, George N
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Reminder of Important Clinical Lesson
Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976089/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29848535
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-225010
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