| Autor: |
Wenzel A MS; Instituto de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile. mwenzel@uach.cl, Täger F M, Burgos L R, Bilbao M MT |
| Jazyk: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| Zdroj: |
Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia [Rev Chilena Infectol] 2006 Sep; Vol. 23 (3), pp. 243-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Aug 04. |
| DOI: |
10.4067/s0716-10182006000300008 |
| Abstrakt: |
Despite S. pneumoniae is one of main etiologies of invasive bacterial infection in children, it rarely causes infectious endocarditis in children. Pneumococcal endocarditis is a serious condition that affects mainly the mitral valve, with a rapidly destructive nature and a high fatality rate, demanding prompt medical and surgical treatment. We report a case of pneumococcal endocarditis in a school girl coming from extreme rurality who presented both meningitis and endocarditis, and whose blood cultures isolated penicillin resistant S. pneumoniae. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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