Reversed halo sign caused by huge tricuspid native valve infective endocarditis associated with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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Infective endocarditis caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a previously healthy preschool child.
Community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has been increasingly reported recently and has become an emerging pathogen of infective endocarditis (IE) in adults, but still rarely reported in children. A previously healthy preschool child without any heart anomaly developed IE and pneumonia with pleural effusion. Blood cultures repeatedly yielded MRSA and did not b...
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عنوان ژورنال: JMM Case Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2053-3721
DOI: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.001628