Corynebacterium jeikeium Native Valve Endocarditis Following Femoral Access for Coronary Angiography
Open Access
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 32 (7) , e120-e121
- https://doi.org/10.1086/319592
Abstract
We present a unique case of rapidly fatal native aortic-valve endocarditis due to Corynebacterium jeikeium, with inoculation as a complication of repeated femoral vascular access for coronary angiography.Keywords
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