Postkeratoplasty keratitis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva: An unusual cause of graft infection
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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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عنوان ژورنال: Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0974-9233
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.150631