Cardiogenic and septic shock associated with aortic and mitral valve infective endocarditis caused by from a urinary tract infection
Abiotrophia defectiva , also known as nutritionally variant streptococcus, is part of the normal flora of the oral cavity and urogenital and intestinal tracts and is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. It is fastidious or difficult to culture and associated with high rates of septic embolization...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-07-01
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| Series: | SAGE Open Medical Case Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18787700 |