2005, Number 6
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Med Int Mex 2005; 21 (6)
Infective endocarditis in an immunocompetent patient
Alemán OG, de la Garza EVA
Language: Spanish
References: 4
Page: 471-472
PDF size: 39.08 Kb.
ABSTRACT
The case of an immunocompetent man in his middle thirties, with clinical, echocardiographic and microbiology findings of infective endocarditis is presented. Infective endocarditis is developed in the patient’s bicuspid aortic valve.
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