Infective endocarditis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae involving three native valves.

Abstract:

:Human infection with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is extremely rare and occupationally related. This paper presents for the first time a case of a 47 year-old male with endocarditis involving three valves simultaneously.

journal_name

Kardiol Pol

journal_title

Kardiologia polska

authors

Tomaszuk-Kazberuk A,Kamińska M,Sobkowicz B,Hirnle T,Prokop J,Lewczuk A,Sawicki R,Musiał W

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-01-01 00:00:00

pages

827-9

issue

8

eissn

0022-9032

issn

1897-4279

journal_volume

69

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