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Native valve endocarditis due to Micrococcus luteus: a case report and review of the literature
29 Jun 2011
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INTRODUCTION: Micrococcus luteus endocarditis is a rare case of infective endocarditis. A total of 17 cases of infective endocarditis due to M luteus have been reported in the literature to date, all involving prosthetic valves. To the best of our knowledge, we describe the first case of native aortic valve M luteus endocarditis in an immunosuppressed patient in this report. CASE REPORT: A 74-year-old...
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