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Case Report

Acute Corynebacterium Endocarditis Causing Aortic Valve Destruction: Successful Treatment with Antibiotics and Valve Replacement

Verner Rasmussen Departments of Medicine B and Clinical Microbiology, Bispebjerg Hospital and the Departments of Cardiology and Thoracic Surgery, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Annie Bremmelgaard Departments of Medicine B and Clinical Microbiology, Bispebjerg Hospital and the Departments of Cardiology and Thoracic Surgery, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bent Korner Departments of Medicine B and Clinical Microbiology, Bispebjerg Hospital and the Departments of Cardiology and Thoracic Surgery, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Stig Haunsø Departments of Medicine B and Clinical Microbiology, Bispebjerg Hospital and the Departments of Cardiology and Thoracic Surgery, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Erik Rasmussen Departments of Medicine B and Clinical Microbiology, Bispebjerg Hospital and the Departments of Cardiology and Thoracic Surgery, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pages 89-92 | Published online: 02 Jan 2015

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