Incidental Live‐Saving Polymerase Chain Reaction in a Case of Prosthetic Valve Dual‐Pathogen Endocarditis | Zendy

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Incidental Live‐Saving Polymerase Chain Reaction in a Case of Prosthetic Valve Dual‐Pathogen Endocarditis

Author(s) -

Chloé Kaech,

Didier Raoult,

Gilbert Greub

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/588847

Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , polymerase chain reaction , pathogen , dual (grammatical number) , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , immunology , gene , genetics , biology , art , literature

To the Editor—An otherwise healthy 44-year-old woman (a resident of a mountainous region of Switzerland) presented to the emergency department with acute onset of fever, myalgia, and disorientation. On physical examination, she was in shock without an evident infectious source. Laboratory analyses revealed leukocytosis (WBC count, cells/L) and an 9 27,000 10

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