Culture-Negative Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Concomitant Septicemia Due to a Nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Biotype Gravis Isolate in a Patient with Multiple Risk Factors

A 54-year-old female with a prosthetic mitral valve presented with a 3-day history of dizziness, subjective fever, and chills. Blood cultures were positive for a pleomorphic Gram-positive rod. Initial phenotypic testing could only support the identification of a Corynebacterium species. Nucleic acid...

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Main Authors: Clinton, Lani Kai, Bankowski, Matthew J., Shimasaki, Teppei, Sae-Ow, Wichit, Whelen, A. Christian, O'Connor, Norman, Kim, Wesley, Young, Royden
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3889795/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24006007
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01403-13
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