Infective endocarditis caused by Neisseria mucosa on a prosthetic pulmonary valve with false positive serology for Coxiella burnetii – The first described case
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Neisseria mucosa.
Non-gonococcal non-meningococcal Neisseria sp. normally inhabits the upper respiratory tract in human beings. There are four recognized species within the genus: N. sicca, N. mucosa, N. subflava and N. flavescens. They have low pathogenicity. Among them, Neisseria mucosa and N. sicca have been described to cause endocarditis. To our knowledge, this is the fourth reported case of prosthetic valv...
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عنوان ژورنال: IDCases
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2214-2509
DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01146