Culture-Negative Endocarditis Probably Due to Chlamydia pneumoniae
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 161 (1) , 127-129
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/161.1.127
Abstract
A 59-year-old man had culture-negative endocarditis (clinical evidence compatible with endocarditis and histopathologic evidence of a recent episode of endocarditis) and serology compatible with a recent episode of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. The conclusion was that this episode of culture-negative endocarditis was probably due to C. pneumoniae.Keywords
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