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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
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Ausgabe 1/2018
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Excerpt
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. …