Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa with variable antibacterial resistance profiles: a diagnostic challenge

Abstract Background Infective endocarditis (IE) caused by gram-negative bacilli is rare. However, the incidence of this severe infection is rising because of the increasing number of persons at risk, such as patients with immunosuppression or with cardiac implantable devices and prosthetic valves. T...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Nicolas Gürtler, Michael Osthoff, Florian Rueter, Daniel Wüthrich, Lukas Zimmerli, Adrian Egli, Stefano Bassetti
التنسيق: مقال
اللغة:English
منشور في: BMC 2019-06-01
سلاسل:BMC Infectious Diseases
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4164-3