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Group B Streptococcus endocarditis with left ventricle-right atrium (Gerbode's) defect.

Jasmine O Y Ho1, Fadel Moghrabi2, Ranjit P Deshpande2.   

Abstract

We report an unusual case of a 61-year-old woman with group B Streptococcus-positive infective endocarditis and a left ventricular-right atrium or Gerbode's defect. We discuss the issues surrounding such an infection and the implications of such a rare cardiac defect in our case report.
Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Year:  2014        PMID: 24882334     DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.071

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ann Thorac Surg        ISSN: 0003-4975            Impact factor:   4.330


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Authors:  Colm R Breatnach; Kevin P Walsh
Journal:  Curr Cardiol Rep       Date:  2018-08-20       Impact factor: 2.931

2.  Group B Streptococcal Tricuspid Endocarditis: Case Report and Systematic Review.

Authors:  Perry Wengrofsky; Ghassan Mubarak; Nabila Khondakar; Syed Haseeb; David Landman; Suzette Graham-Hill; Angelina Zhyvotovska; Samy I McFarlane
Journal:  Scifed J Cardiol       Date:  2018-12-18
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