Recurrent infective endocarditis in a drug addict
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Polymicrobial infective endocarditis with anterior spinal artery syndrome in a drug addict.
Right-sided endocarditis has increased in frequency since the 1970's, and it accounted for 14% of total infective endocarditis (Robbins et al, 1986) and 54% of drug addicts who developed endocarditis (Tuazon and Sheagren, 1974). Staphylococcus aureus is the most common pathogen, which is in contrast to the streptococcal association in left-sided endocarditis (Osler, 1885). Polymicrobial infecti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Case Reports and Reviews
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2059-0393
DOI: 10.15761/ccrr.1000409