CHLAMYDIAL ENDOCARDITIS
- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 15 (3) , 340-342
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1985.tb04049.x
Abstract
Echocardiography diagnosis of a case of endocarditis, subsequently proven to be due to a chlamydial organism, is described. Early echocardiographic diagnosis guided initial medical management and directed urgent surgical intervention when the patient deteriorated. Reported cases of chlamydial endocarditis are reviewed. (Aust NZ J Med 1985; 15: 340–342.)Keywords
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