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Case Reports
. 1987 Nov;294(5):353-6.
doi: 10.1097/00000441-198711000-00010.

Fatal cardiac tamponade in a young man with group C streptococcal endocarditis

E G Raizes  1 , M B Livingston, W E Farrar
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Fatal cardiac tamponade in a young man with group C streptococcal endocarditis

E G Raizes et al. Am J Med Sci. 1987 Nov.

Abstract

The case of a previously healthy man with endocarditis due to the group C streptococcus, complicated by myocardial abscess and fatal cardiac tamponade, is presented. Group C streptococcus is an unusual cause of endocarditis which tends to produce extensive valve destruction. Early surgery should be considered in patients with endocarditis caused by this organism.

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