Endocarditis associated with cardiac catheterization due to a Gram-positive coccus designated Micrococcus mucilaginosus incertae sedis.

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  • S J Rubin
  • R W Lyons
  • A J Murcia
چکیده

A gram-positive coccus, presently named Micrococcus mucilaginosus incertae sedis, was isolated from 14 blood cultures from a patient with endocarditis. The first positive blood culture was drawn 5 days after the patient underwent cardiac catheterization.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 7 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1978