RARE BACTERIAL INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS UNMASKING SIGMOID NEOPLASIA

Autor: Danekka Loganathan, Zarak H Khan, Narayana Gandham, Romain Calini, Sangeetha Nanthabalan
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75:2942
ISSN: 0735-1097
Popis: Granulicatella species is a nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) which is a normal flora of the oral cavity, intestinal tract and genitourinary tract. It accounts for about 5% of all streptococcal endocarditis. However since it is a fastidious organism, these cases are likely misdiagnosed as
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