Aggregatibacter aphrophilus endocarditis: a case report
| Autor: | H C Ricketts, C Keane, A McKay, P Wright |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Haemophilus Infections Haemophilus paraphrophilus Infarction Fingers medicine Humans Endocarditis business.industry Ceftriaxone Cerebral Infarction General Medicine Aggregatibacter aphrophilus Middle Aged medicine.disease HACEK endocarditis Anti-Bacterial Agents Embolic stroke Surgery Tongue lesion business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Scottish Medical Journal. 57:1-4 |
| ISSN: | 2045-6441 0036-9330 |
| DOI: | 10.1258/smj.2012.012112 |
| Popis: | We present a case of endocarditis with embolic stroke and digital infarction due to the recently renamed Aggregatibacter aphrophilus. The isolation and identification of this organism can be problematic but was achieved in this case using both older phenotypic and newer genotypic methods. A benign tongue lesion is suggested as the likely portal of entry for this oropharyngeal organism. The patient made a good recovery with six weeks of intravenous ceftriaxone but will need cardiac valvular surgery at some point in the future. |
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