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Palangasinghe DR Author
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Typhoid endocarditis; Native aortic valve
Teaching hospital, Karapitiya, Sri Lanka
Biography
Palangasinghe DR was working as an Associate Professor in Microbiology at the Teaching hospital Karapitiya at Sri Lanka and he has research publications on Retrospective analysis of blood and sputum cultures positive for Streptococcus pneumoniae with view of epidemiology and risk factors associated with pneumococcal diseases
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Endocarditis of a Native Cardiac Valve due to Salmonella typhi - A Case Report
Author(s): Palangasinghe DR, Weeratunga P, Wijeyaratne A and Jayasinghe S
Endocarditis of a Native Cardiac Valve due to Salmonella typhi - A Case Report
Infective endocarditis is a rare manifestation of Salmonella typhi infection. This paper describes a case of Salmonella typhi native aortic valve endocarditis, treated successfully with antibiotics. Our patient did not have any gastrointestinal symptoms throughout the course of the illness. This case report highlights the importance of suspecting typhoid endocarditis in a patient with pyrexia of unknown origin even in the absence of gastrointestinal symptoms.
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