Infective Endocarditis: A Rare Organism in an Uncommon Setting

Infective Endocarditis: A Rare Organism in an Uncommon Setting

Facklamia hominis is a rare causative organism of infective endocarditis (IE). Only few cases of infection due to F. hominis have been reported in the literature. We describe a case of IE due to Gram-positive, alpha-haemolytic, catalase-negative coccus F. hominis in an adult patient with rheumatic m...

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Main Authors: Rajiv Ananthakrishna, Ravindranath K. Shankarappa, Naveena Jagadeesan, Ravi S. Math, Satish Karur, Manjunath C. Nanjappa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/307852
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