Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 5-2007. A 53-year-old man with a prosthetic aortic valve and recent onset of fatigue, dyspnea, weight loss, and sweats.
Raoult
Didier
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Department of Clinical Microbiology, Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseilles, France.
Abbara
Suhny
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Jassal
Davinder S
DS
Kradin
Richard L
RL
D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D001027:Aortography; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013546:Sweating; D014463:Ultrasonography; D015431:Weight Loss