Pneumococcal endocarditis of subacute evolution

With the development of penicillin, Streptococcus pneumoniae has become an uncommon cause of bacterial endocarditis in adults. Subacute manifestation of pneumococcal endocarditis has been reported a few times in the literature, but most reports define the disease as acute, severe, and having a high...

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Main Authors: Laercio Uemura, Newton César Grassi, Luciane Cazarin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2001-04-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001000400006