A fatal case of diphtheria endocarditis complicated with microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia and multiple septic emboli causing brain infarctions in a patient with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis
ndocarditis due to non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae is emerging as a rare subtype of endocarditis, with limited case reports available. It has been related to the presence of prosthetic valves, underlying cardiac disease, or the use of injectable drugs. We present a fatal case of endocardit...
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Sri Lanka College of Internal Medicine,
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