title: Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 29-2004. A 75-year-old woman with acute onset of chest pain followed by fever.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Boston, USA.
authors.forename: Adolf W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Karchmer
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Torchiana
authors.forename: Claudia U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.forename: Nadeem A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Afridi
authors.forename: Stuart L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Houser
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D034366:Streptococcus anginosus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents