Acta Med. 2003, 46: 125-127

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.20

Infective Endocarditis Caused by Group G Streptococcus with Multiple Cerebral Emboli

Ilknur Erdema, Pasa Goktasa, Refik Demirtuncb, Aysun Erdemc

aHaydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey
bHaydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Internal Medicine, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey
cMaltepe University, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey

Received January 1, 2003
Accepted May 1, 2003

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