1. Subacute infective endocarditis caused by Bacillus cereus in a patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
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Ribeiro RL, Bastos MO, Blanz AM, Rocha JAD, Velasco NAO, Marre ATO, Chamon RC, Rusak LA, Vivoni AM, and Martins IS
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- Bacillus cereus, Humans, Endocarditis complications, Endocarditis diagnosis, Endocarditis, Bacterial complications, Endocarditis, Bacterial diagnosis, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic complications, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic diagnosis
- Abstract
A rare and difficult to diagnose case of subacute infective endocarditis caused by Bacillus cereus in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and Libman-Sacks endocarditis has been reported. Our aim is to highlight the importance of molecular methods such as MALDI-TOF and PCR to explain clinical and epidemiological issues about infections caused by unusual pathogen., Competing Interests: No Conflict of Interest is declared, (Copyright (c) 2022 Rachel Leite Ribeiro, Matheus Oliveira Bastos, Alec Morse Blanz, Jaqueline Abel da Rocha, Nathalia Antonio de Oliveira Velasco, Andressa Temperini de Oliveira Marre, Raiane Cardoso Chamon, Leonardo Alvez Rusak, Adriana Marcos Vivoni, Ianick Souto Martins.)
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- 2022
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