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Burkholderia cepacia Endocarditis in a Patient With Severe Mitral Annular Calcification.
Pepe, Vincent; Afari, Henrietta; O'Quinn, Rupal P; Arjoon, Roy.
Affiliation
  • Pepe V; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Afari H; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • O'Quinn RP; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Arjoon R; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
JACC Case Rep ; 29(15): 102431, 2024 Aug 07.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39157543
ABSTRACT
This report presents the case of a 76-year-old woman from Honduras with severe mitral annular calcification and severe aortic stenosis who presented with chest pain and presyncope. She was found to have infective endocarditis with a large abscess on the posterior mitral leaflet secondary to Burkholderia cepacia bacteremia.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: JACC Case Rep Year: 2024 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: Netherlands

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: JACC Case Rep Year: 2024 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: Netherlands