Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3376156 | Journal of Infection | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryIn a 48-year-old immunocompetent man with recurrent fever since 21 months, endocarditis of the native aortic valve due to Staphylococcus warneri was diagnosed. Twenty-six months before, a prosthetic lumbar disc had been implanted in L 4/5. The lack of typical other infectious sources favours the hypothesis of a disc-prosthesis-induced bacteraemia.
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Authors
Claudia Stöllberger, Agnes Wechsler-Fördös, Friederike Geppert, Wilhelm Gulz, Eva Brownstone, Michael Nicolakis, Josef Finsterer,