Endocarditis with Moraxella-like M-6 after cardiac catheterization
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Endocarditis with Moraxella-like M-6 after cardiac catheterization.
A patient developed bacteremia with CDC group M-6, a Moraxella-like bacterium, after a complicated heart catheterization. He was treated with tobramycin and ampicillin. The aortic valve was later replaced and did not show any signs of infection. The slow growth of M-6 can delay diagnosis and give misleading antibiotic susceptibility results. Penicillin is not always active against this organism.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.24.3.501-502.1986