Infective endocarditis: a series of 51 cases
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Complicated infective endocarditis: a case series
BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis is associated with not only cardiac complications but also neurologic, renal, musculoskeletal, and systemic complications related to the infection, such as embolization, metastatic infection, and mycotic aneurysm. CASE PRESENTATION We report three cases (the first patient is Chinese and the other two are Koreans) of complicated infective endocarditis; two of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.04.3757