Actinomyces naeslundii: An Uncommon Cause of Endocarditis
Actinomyces rarely causes endocarditis with 25 well-described cases reported in the literature in the past 75 years. We present a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) caused by Actinomyces naeslundii. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of endocarditis due to this org...
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| description | Actinomyces rarely causes endocarditis with 25 well-described cases reported in the literature in the past 75 years. We present a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) caused by Actinomyces naeslundii. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of endocarditis due to this organism and the second report of PVE caused by Actinomyces. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b927f27928114506ab82f6306a6671342025-02-03T01:30:28ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332015-01-01201510.1155/2015/602462602462Actinomyces naeslundii: An Uncommon Cause of EndocarditisChristopher D. Cortes0Carl Urban1Glenn Turett2The Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, Flushing, NY 11355, USAThe Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, Flushing, NY 11355, USAThe Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, Flushing, NY 11355, USAActinomyces rarely causes endocarditis with 25 well-described cases reported in the literature in the past 75 years. We present a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) caused by Actinomyces naeslundii. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of endocarditis due to this organism and the second report of PVE caused by Actinomyces.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/602462 |
| spellingShingle | Christopher D. Cortes Carl Urban Glenn Turett Actinomyces naeslundii: An Uncommon Cause of Endocarditis Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Actinomyces naeslundii: An Uncommon Cause of Endocarditis |
| title_full | Actinomyces naeslundii: An Uncommon Cause of Endocarditis |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Actinomyces naeslundii: An Uncommon Cause of Endocarditis |
| title_short | Actinomyces naeslundii: An Uncommon Cause of Endocarditis |
| title_sort | actinomyces naeslundii an uncommon cause of endocarditis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/602462 |
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