INFECTIOUS ENDOCARDITIS WITH FIVE LOCALISATIONS - CASE REPORTS
Keywords:
ENDOCARDITIS, CARDIAC VALVES, SEPTAL DEFECT.Abstract
Infectious endocarditis is defined as an infection of the endocardial surface area of the heart which can include one or more cardiac valves, mural endocardium or a septal defect. We present the case of a patient, aged 8, hospitalized in Hemato-Oncology Department with pontine glioma, who was diagnosticated with infectious endocarditis with five localisations.
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