Prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis due to Ochrobactrum anthropi: case report.
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We describe a case of infective endocarditis in a prosthetic mitral valve due to Ochrobactrum anthropi. Although O. anthropi is an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients, infections with the bacterium have very rarely been documented in healthy hosts, and endocarditis is rare. To our knowledge, only two cases of O. anthropi endocarditis have been reported in the medical literature.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 42 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004