| Literature DB >> 8011877 |
C Díaz Pedroche1, J González Castelló, A Coto López, C González Gómez, R Rivera Díaz, S Sancho García, C Fernández-Miranda.
Abstract
We present three cases of polymicrobian endocarditis (PE), two of them in parenterally drug addicts (PDA) and the other one in a central catheter carrier. In all these three cases, the form of clinical presentation was similar to the monomicrobian endocarditis and the valve affected was the tricuspid one, as it occurs in most of the described PE. PE must be suspect in PDA or central catheter carriers if a rare germ is isolated (commensal of skin, oropharynx or gastrointestinal tract) or if there is a poor response to the antibiotic treatment, as it is the case in the patients described here.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8011877
Source DB: PubMed Journal: An Med Interna ISSN: 0212-7199