Coxiella burnetti

Eyal Meltzer1,2, Tawfiq Abu Al-Rub1, Rafael Kuperstein3

  • 1Department of Medicine C, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

概括

心脏 papillary fibroelastoma是一种心脏膜瘤,可以模仿传染性内心炎 (IE). 一个因Coxilla burnetti IE而复杂的病例表明了目前标准的诊断挑战和局限性.

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