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case_images: Time-line describing the evolution of this case. Abbreviations used were; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography; TEE, transesophageal echocardiography; PET-CT, positron emission tomography-computed tomography; AST, antibiotic susceptibility testing.
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case_images: A time-line describing the case is shown in Fig. 1.
case_images: Transesophageal echocardiography of the patient on day 10 of hospitalization.
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case_images: Moreover, TEE visualized changes in the aortic root suggestive of abscess (Fig. 2).
case_images: Transesophageal echocardiography of the patient on day 18 of hospitalization.
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case_images: As in the previous TEE, no mobile vegetations were observed (Fig. 3).
case_images: 18F-fluorodesoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG PET-CT) at day 20 of hospitalization. A shows a coronary view and B a transversal view.
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case_images: PET-CT was performed 19 days after admission and was consistent with IE (Fig. 4).