An Unusual Case of Early Onset Persistent Escherichia coli Septicemia Associated with Endocarditis

• Main Authors: Sachin K. Gupta (Author), Vishakha Nanda (Author), Prashant Malviya (Author), Norman Jacobs (Author), Z. Naheed (Author), Tessy Joseph (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Escherichia coli infection is very common cause of early onset septicemia especially in very low-birth-weight newborns, but E. coli endocarditis has not been described in newborns. E. coli endocarditis, even in the adult population, is a rare and not well-characterized disease and is associ...