Infective endocarditis with left to right intracardiac fistula due to Streptococcus anginosus - a rare complication caused by an even rarer bacterium

• Main Authors: Robert Forster (Author), Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos (Author), Silvana Maria Lovisolo (Author), Vera Demarchi Aiello (Author), João Augusto dos Santos Martines (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although infective endocarditis (IE) has been described in reports dating from the Renaissance, the diagnosis still challenges and the outcome often surprises. In the course of time, diagnostic criteria have been updated and validated to reduce misdiagnosis. Some risk factors and epidemiology have s...