Native valve endocarditis and femoral embolism due to Granulicatella adiacens: a rare case report

Autor:	KE Vandana, C Mukhopadhyay, NR Rau, V Ajith, P Rajath
Jazyk:	angličtina
Předmět:	endocarditis Granulicatella adiacens femoral embolism Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Microbiology QR1-502
Zdroj:	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 6, Pp 634-636
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1678-4391 1413-8670
DOI:	10.1590/S1413-86702010000600015
Popis:	The fastidious Gram-positive cocci Granulicatella adiacens, previously known as nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) are unusual but significant cause of endocarditis due to increased mortality and morbidity. Difficulties in reaching correct bacteriological identification, increased resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics and macrolides and complicated clinical course have contributed to problems in management of cases of infective endocarditis caused by this bacterium. We present the first Indian case of endocarditis with arterial embolus by G. adiacens in an elderly male with no preexisting cardiac abnormality
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