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Erschienen in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 1/2018

16.08.2017 | CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

An “aubergine” in the heart: huge native mitral valve endocarditis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae

verfasst von: Salvatore Amico, Luigi Calvo, Salvatore Corrao

Erschienen in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Ausgabe 1/2018

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A 52-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) of the ARNAS Civico, Di Cristina, Benfratelli, Palermo (Italy) in January, suffering from fluctuating fever for 3 days, up to 39 °C, associated with dyspnea/orthopnea and headache followed by vertigo and left hemiplegia. A cranial computed tomography without contrast, performed in the ED, showed focal hypodensity in the putamen of the right hemisphere; ECG showed sinus tachycardia and a posterior–anterior chest X-ray study showed mild signs of pulmonary vasculature congestion. For this reason, the patient was admitted to the internal medicine department with a diagnosis of ischemic stroke and fever. …
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Metadaten
Titel
An “aubergine” in the heart: huge native mitral valve endocarditis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae
verfasst von
Salvatore Amico
Luigi Calvo
Salvatore Corrao
Publikationsdatum
16.08.2017
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Ausgabe 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Elektronische ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-017-1731-8

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