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Achromobacter Xylosoxidans Late-onset Prosthetic Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis: A Case Report

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Paul Ferdinand M. Reganit, MD, MPH*, Luna Parreno, MD**, Roman Santos, MD***

 

*Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of the Philippine-Philippine General Hospital (UP PGH);

**Section of Infectious Diseases, UP-PGH;

***Department of Neurosciences, UP-PGH

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