Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Neisseria elongata Subsp. nitroreducens
| Autor: | Shinji Okubo, Yuki Saegusa, Hanako Osuka, Daisuke Kawahata, Akito Ichiki, Shigemi Hitomi, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Masae Yamamoto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Native Valve Endocarditis
biology business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Oral cavity biology.organism_classification Microbiology Aortic valve replacement Native valve Infective endocarditis Internal Medicine medicine Endocarditis Neisseria elongata subsp nitroreducens business Neisseria elongata |
| Zdroj: | Internal Medicine. 54:853-856 |
| ISSN: | 1349-7235 0918-2918 |
| DOI: | 10.2169/internalmedicine.54.2738 |
| Popis: | Neisseria elongata, a normal resident in the human oral cavity, rarely causes invasive infections. We herein report a case of endocarditis caused by Neisseria elongata subsp. nitroreducens that occurred in a patient without any apparent cardiac complications. The patient received aortic valve replacement following the administration of intravenous beta-lactam for five weeks. To our knowledge, this is the first published case in Japan of N. elongata infection in a patient without a prosthetic device. |
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