Dimmitt SB, Pearman JW, Woollard KV. Chlamydial endocarditis.
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 1985;
15:340-2. [PMID:
3864426 DOI:
10.1111/j.1445-5994.1985.tb04049.x]
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Abstract
Echocardiographic 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.
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