Corynebacterium diphtheriae endocarditis

• Main Authors: Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos (Author), Vilma Takayasu (Author), Hugo Deutsch (Author), Henrique Lane Staniak (Author), Silvia Regina dos Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The authors report the case of a 69-year-old man with an acute toxemic and febrile syndrome. Immediately after admission, the patient's mental status rapidly deteriorated. A faint mitral systolic murmur was detected and splenomegaly was observed on ultrasound examination. Laboratory screening r...