학술논문
Fever of Unknown Origin: A Case of Cardiac Myxoma Infected with Staphylococcus lugdunensis.
Document Type
Case Study
Author
Source
Subject
*MYXOMA
*STAPHYLOCOCCAL diseases
*TRANSESOPHAGEAL echocardiography
*DIAGNOSIS
TUMOR surgery
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Language
ISSN
0038-4348
Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 54-year-old man who was diagnosed with infected cardiac myxoma infected with Staphyloccus lugdunensis. It mentions that the patient has experienced daily fever of unidentified origin for four months and an unintentional weight loss of 30 pounds over six weeks. Meanwhile, the patient had undergone excision of the tumor which was traced through a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) test and was administered with intravenous antibiotics.