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Endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva
A 35-year-old man with pre-existing rheumatic heart disease and aortic regurgitation (AR) presented with intermittent fever, ankle swelling and clinical evidence of endocarditis. Transoesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) revealed vegetations and destruction of the aortic valve (AV). Blood cultures grew a gram positive coccobacillus which was phenotypically identified as Abiotrophia defectvia (A.def...
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Author's response to reviews: see over 1791077883534244 – revised 1 Abiotrophia defectiva knee prosthesis infection. Abstract word count: 145 23 Text word count: 1084 24 25 1791077883534244 – revised 2 Abstract 25 Background: Abiotrophia species have rarely been implicated in osteoarticular infections. 26
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We report a case of 61-year-old man presented with progressive dyspnea for 5 month followed by respiratory failure. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed bacterial vegetation, rheumatic change mitral valve and destruction of the aortic valve. Initial hemoculture reported gram-positive cocci in chain for two specimens and its resistance to penicillin and vancomycin. Daptomycin was administered a...
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BACKGROUND Abiotrophia species have rarely been implicated in osteoarticular infections. We report one case of an A. defectiva knee prosthesis infection. CASE PRESENTATION A 71-year-old man of Italian origin presented with pain and swelling of the knee four years after the implantation of a total knee replacement prosthesis. While standard culturing of the synovial fluid resulted in no isolat...
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BACKGROUND Abiotrophia defectiva is a fastidious aerobic gram-positive bacterium which is part of the normal flora of the human oral cavity. It is an unusual cause of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a man in his fifties with end-stage renal failure secondary to polycystic kidney disease who presented with a cloudy peritoneal fluid effluent and a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista chilena de infectología
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0716-1018
DOI: 10.4067/s0716-10182016000200009