Corynebacterium striatum First Reported Case of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 2002 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Journal of Infection, volume 44, page 193 (issn: 0163-4453,

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Authors: J J, de Arriba; J J, Blanch; F, Mateos; E, Martínez-Alfaro; J, Solera;

doi: 10.1053/jinf.2001.0927

pmid: 12099749

Corynebacterium striatum First Reported Case of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

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Abstract

We describe the case of a prosthetic valve endocarditis in a 72-year-old woman. Corynebacterium striatum was isolated in the blood samples. This organism has been described in a few cases of native valve endocarditis, but this is the first case reported of prosthetic valve endocarditis.

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Corynebacterium Infections, Aortic Valve, Heart Valve Prosthesis, Humans, Female, Endocarditis, Bacterial, Corynebacterium, Aged

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