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VILLAFUERTE-MOLLINEDO, P; TORREZ-CRUZ, K M; VIRUEZ-SOTO, J L  y  ILAYA-GARAVITO, P. Bacterial endocarditis case report. Cuad. - Hosp. Clín. [online]. 2020, vol.61, n.1, pp.85-94. ISSN 1562-6776.

Abstract Objective: To report a case of bacterial endocarditis A 34-year-old male patient with a unique history of allergic rhinitis with irregular treatment. He comes from Valparaíso Chile, is on vacation in the city of La Paz, goes to the service of Internal Medicine - Emergencies with compatible clinical with acute pulmonary edema of height and cerebral edema of height, associated with sepsis of focus pulmonary disease, which progresses to septic shock, during internment with continuous hyperthermia, associated vegetation in right ventricle for echocardiography, also positive blood culture, so that a diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis is reached, Corresponding treatment was carried out, and resolution of pathology..

Palabras clave : Bacterial endocarditis; blood culture; vegetation.

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