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Tricuspid valvar endocarditis caused by penicillin resistant pneumococcus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2006

Janice E. Bothwell
Affiliation:
Clarke Clinic, Regional Cardiology Unit, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast
Frank Casey
Affiliation:
Clarke Clinic, Regional Cardiology Unit, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast
C. Hugh Webb
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Department, Royal Group of Hospitals Trust, Belfast, UK

Abstract

A 6-year-old boy presented with endocarditis of the tricuspid valve caused by penicillin resistant pneumococcus. He had no history of congenital cardiac disease. The likely portal of entry for the organism was the middle ear.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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