Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Actinobacillus Actinomycetemcomitans

Autor:	H. Kesteloot, L. Eyckmans, P. Decraene, J. Vandepitte, J. Maris, J. Spaepen
Rok vydání:	1970
Předmět:	biology business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Microbiology Penicillin Bacterial endocarditis Streptomycin Actinobacillus medicine Endocarditis business medicine.drug
Zdroj:	Acta Clinica Belgica. 25:109-115
ISSN:	2295-3337 1784-3286
Popis:	SummaryThe clinical features of a case of bacterial endocarditis superimposed on a congenital ventricular septum defect in a 54 year old man are presented. Aclinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans was repeatedly isolated from the blood and the patient was successfully treated with penicillin and streptomycin. Our observation is the second such infection reported in detail from the European continent.Other published observations of endocarditis due to this organism, together with the bacteriologic characteristics of the bacterium are biefly discussed.
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