Acute Infective Endocarditis Caused by Delftia acidovorans, a Rare Pathogen Complicating Intravenous Drug Use
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Acute infective endocarditis caused by Delftia acidovorans, a rare pathogen complicating intravenous drug use.
Gram-negative bacilli causing infective endocarditis (IE) is rare, even in intravenous drug users. This case report underscores several clinically important aspects of Delftia acidovorans IE: the organism's ability to cause rapid destruction of normal native valves and to cause embolic occlusion of large arteries and its resistance to all aminoglycosides.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00553-12