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| Abstract |
Year: 2001 Volume: 76 - Issue: 4
| Title: | Pneumococcal endocarditis of subacute evolution |
| Author: | Uemura Laercio ; Grassi Newton César ; Cazarin Luciane |
| Abstract: | With the development of penicillin, Streptococcus pneumoniae has become an uncommon cause of bacterial endocarditis in adults. Subacute manifestation of pneumococcal endocarditis has been reported a few times in the literature, but most reports define the disease as acute, severe, and having a high mortality rate. We report the case of a 58-year-old male with subacute bacterial endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae. We stress the low frequency of this agent as a cause of endocarditis and the atypical evolution of this case. The pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and evolution, and the therapeutical options for this type of infection are also discussed. |
| Journal: | Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia |
| Issn: | 0066782X |
| EIssn: | 16784170 |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Volume: | 76 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| pages/rec.No: | 319-322 |
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