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Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae in a patient with pemphigus vulgaris.

S S Namnyak, R P Bhat, A Al-Jama, S E Fathalla.

Abstract

The clinical and bacteriological findings in a case of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae are presented. The patient died despite adequate medical therapy. This appears to be the first report of endocarditis caused by this species in a prosthetic aortic valve.

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Year: 1987 PMID： 3611323 PMCID： PMC269209 DOI： 10.1128/jcm.25.7.1330-1332.1987

Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN： 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948

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