A Clinical Challenge in the Emergency Department: A Case of Klebsiella Infective Endocarditis Presenting With Splenic Abscess

Nicolas Ulloa; Jessica M Cook; Shaun Smithson

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.10577

A Clinical Challenge in the Emergency Department: A Case of Klebsiella Infective Endocarditis Presenting With Splenic Abscess

Nicolas Ulloa
, Jessica M Cook
, Shaun Smithson

HCA Florida Aventura Hospital

Emergency Medicine, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Aventura, USA.

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	12
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.10577
State	Published - Sep 21 2020

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Surgery

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