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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Main Authors: Edward D Foley, Mohamed Ben Omran, Vaibhav Bora, Manuel R Castresana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-07-01
Series:SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18787700

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