Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis of the tricuspid valve after septic abortion: Case report and literature review

We report a case of a female patient, 22 years old, with a diagnosis of tricuspid valve endocarditis by S. aureus following septic abortion. The diagnosis was established by the Duke University criteria and it was confirmed by the echocardiographic findings.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nelson López-Garzón, Diego Alejandro Betancourth-Peña, Jhoan Bazán-Orobio, Manuel Felipe Cáceres-Acosta, Silvia Patricia Benavides, Alexander Camacho-Yacumal
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad del Cauca 2011-06-01
Series:Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
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Online Access:http://revistas.unicauca.edu.co/index.php/rfcs/article/view/73