Native valve Escherichia coli endocarditis following urosepsis

Native valve Escherichia coli endocarditis following urosepsis

Gram-negative organisms are a rare cause of infective endocarditis. Escherichia coli, the most common cause of urinary tract infection and gram-negative septicemia involves endocardium rarely. In this case report, we describe infection of native mitral valve by E. coli following septicemia of urinar...

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Main Authors: D Rangarajan, S Ramakrishnan, K C Patro, S Devaraj, V Krishnamurthy, Y Kothari, N Satyaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Nephrology
Subjects:
Escherichia coli
native valve endocarditis
urosepsis
Online Access:http://www.indianjnephrol.org/article.asp?issn=0971-4065;year=2013;volume=23;issue=3;spage=232;epage=234;aulast=Rangarajan

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