descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1986 English Publisher:American Medical Association (AMA)Journal:Archives of Internal Medicine, volume 146, page 2,361 (issn: 0003-9926,

Authors: Kevin B. Rapeport; Jose A. Giron; Fred Rosner;

doi: 10.1001/archinte.1986.00360240083014

pmid: 3778070

Streptococcus mitis Endocarditis

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Abstract

Seventeen patients with Streptococcus mitis endocarditis were treated at a municipal hospital over a three-year period. Thirteen patients were intravenous drug addicts. Streptococcus mitis has a predilection for right-sided endocarditis in intravenous drug addicts and left-sided endocarditis in non-drug addicts. Streptococcus mitis is highly susceptible to therapy with penicillin G potassium (minimal inhibitory concentration less than or equal to 0.1 mg/L of penicillin in all of these 17 cases), and four to six weeks of therapy is safe and effective.

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Adult, Male, Substance-Related Disorders, Penicillin G, Endocarditis, Bacterial, Middle Aged, Streptococcal Infections, Injections, Intravenous, Humans, Female

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