Native valve endocarditis and femoral embolism due to Granulicatella adiacens: a rare case report
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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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
2010
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000600015 |
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