Bloodstream and endovascular infections due to Abiotrophia defectiva and Granulicatellaspecies
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Bloodstream and endovascular infections due to Abiotrophia defectiva and Granulicatella species
BACKGROUND Abiotrophia and Granulicatella species, previously referred to as nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS), are significant causative agents of endocarditis and bacteraemia. In this study, we reviewed the clinical manifestations of infections due to A. defectiva and Granulicatella species that occurred at our institution between 1998 and 2004. METHODS The analysis included all stra...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-9