A case of pneumococcal tricuspid endocarditis: An oslerian diagnosis
Streptococcal infections present in a variety of clinical syndromes. Invasive disease, such as infective endocarditis, was common in the pre-antibiotic era but is now seldom encountered. The author reports the case of an elderly man with pneumococcal tricuspid endocarditis presenting with fever and...
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921001116 |