- A Case of Infective Endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva in Korea
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Park S, Ann HW, Ahn JY, Ku NS, Han SH, Hong GR, Choi JY, Song YG, Kim JM
- KMID: 2466438
- Infect Chemother.
- 2016 Sep;48(3):229-233.
- doi: 10.3947/ic.2016.48.3.229
Abiotrophia defectiva, a nutritionally variant streptococci can cause bacteremia, brain abscess, septic arthritis and in rare cases, infective endocarditis, which accounts for 5-6% of all cases. A. defectiva is characteristically... -
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- A Case of Septicemia by Granulicatella adiacens
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Kwon O, Park SD, Uh Y, Yoon KJ, Kwon SO, Kim HY
- KMID: 2135276
- Infect Chemother.
- 2005 Dec;37(6):368-371.
Granulicatella adiacens was first described as nutritionally variant streptococci, and named as Streptococcus adjacens and Abiotrophia adiacens. Granulicatella species are flora of oral cavity, upper respiratory, urogenital, and gastrointestinal tracts,... -
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- Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Abiotrophia defectiva in a Healthy Adult: A Case Report with Literature Review
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Je H, Song D, Chang CL
- KMID: 2441653
- Ann Clin Microbiol.
- 2019 Mar;22(1):23-27.
- doi: 10.5145/ACM.2019.22.1.23
Infective endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva is rarely encountered. A 67-year-old male transferred from a local hospital presented with severe dyspnea and pulmonary edema. Preoperative transthoracic echocardiography revealed severe mitral... -
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