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Echocardiographic demonstration of Escherichia coli endocarditis restricted to the pulmonary valve
N H Murray1, M G Cheesman, M Millar-Craig
1Department of Cardiology, Groby Road Hospital, Leicester.
British Heart Journal
|November 1, 1988
Abstract:
A 25 year old man with no history of heart disease presented with sweats and rigors. Echocardiography showed a large vegetation on the pulmonary valve and blood cultures grew Escherichia coli. Because of recurrent pulmonary emboli a large vegetation on the anterior leaflet of the pulmonary valve was excised. He recovered after a full course of antibiotics.