Postpartum infective endocarditis with Enterococcus faecalis in Japan: a case report

Postpartum infective endocarditis with Enterococcus faecalis in Japan: a case report

Abstract Background The clinical characteristics of infective endocarditis include the presence of predisposing cardiac disease, a history of illegal drug use, and high morbidity in the elderly. Only a few cases of the disease after delivery have been reported in the literature. We describe here a f...

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Main Authors: Miku Tamura, Mitsutaka Shoji, Ken Fujita, Shohei Nakamura, Yurika Takahashi, Yurika Suzuki, Mika Asakura, Shun Kimizuka, Makiko Sasaki, Katsuya Sugawara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Enterococcus faecalis
Infective endocarditis
Postpartum period
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-017-1494-x

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