A sudden neurological deficit in a patient with endocarditis
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Blood culture-negative infective endocarditis with thalassemia and neurological complication: A dangerous combination
Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening systemic disease that mostly affects people with valvular heart disease, prosthetic valves, or intracardiac devices. Infective endocarditis is a dangerous cardiac involvement in thalassemia patients. Thus, a multidisciplinary approach is important to provide efficient and effective therapy. Case presentation: A 31-year-old man cam...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1828-0447,1970-9366
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-009-0227-6