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Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis

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A 28 year-old gentleman presented with a 6-week history of fever, night sweats and some dyspnoea on exertion. He had no previous history of rheumatic fever but was an intravenous drug abuser. Clinical examination revealed a pyrexia of 38.7 °C and a pan-systolic murmur. Blood cultures isolated Staphylococcus aureus, associated with a raised white blood cell count (19,200/μL) and C-reactive protein (245 mg/dL).

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    Narain Moorjani & Francis C. Wells

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Moorjani, N., Rana, B.S., Wells, F.C. (2018). Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis. In: Operative Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4204-1_17

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