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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Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
2001-04-01
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| author | Laercio Uemura Newton César Grassi Luciane Cazarin |
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| description | 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 mortality rate. We report the case of a 58-year-old male with subacute bacterial endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae. We stress the low frequency of this agent as a cause of endocarditis and the atypical evolution of this case. The pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and evolution, and the therapeutical options for this type of infection are also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b4f2f6f604994359a44c3476ac7030722022-12-22T00:42:55ZengSociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia0066-782X1678-41702001-04-0176431932210.1590/S0066-782X2001000400006Pneumococcal endocarditis of subacute evolutionLaercio UemuraNewton César GrassiLuciane CazarinWith 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 mortality rate. We report the case of a 58-year-old male with subacute bacterial endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae. We stress the low frequency of this agent as a cause of endocarditis and the atypical evolution of this case. The pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and evolution, and the therapeutical options for this type of infection are also discussed.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001000400006 |
| spellingShingle | Laercio Uemura Newton César Grassi Luciane Cazarin Pneumococcal endocarditis of subacute evolution Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia |
| title | Pneumococcal endocarditis of subacute evolution |
| title_full | Pneumococcal endocarditis of subacute evolution |
| title_fullStr | Pneumococcal endocarditis of subacute evolution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pneumococcal endocarditis of subacute evolution |
| title_short | Pneumococcal endocarditis of subacute evolution |
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