A Case of Infective Endocarditis caused by Salmonella paratyphi A

Autor: Champica K Bodinayake, M.U. Dahanayake, C. Dharmarathne, M.S. Mohideen, U. K. Egodage
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of the Ruhunu Clinical Society. 20:27-28
ISSN: 1391-1244
DOI: 10.4038/jrcs.v20i1.9
Popis: Introduction: Endocarditis is a rare complication of salmonellosis. The most frequently observed species is Salmonella typhi[1]. Endocarditis caused by Salmonella paratyphi is extremely rare with only few previous cases documented in the medical literature[2-7]. We report a case of endocarditis caused by Salmonella paratyphi A in an otherwise healthy young patient.
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