Tricuspid valvar endocarditis caused by penicillin resistant pneumococcus.
A 6-year-old boy presented with endocarditis of the tricuspid valve caused by penicillin resistant pneumococcus. He had no history of congenital cardiac disease. The likely portal of entry for the organism was the middle ear.
Bothwell
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JE
Clarke Clinic, Regional Cardiology Unit, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, UK.
Casey
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Webb
C H
CH
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*