Triple-valve endocarditis due to Lysinibacillus sphaericus infection

Lysinibacillus sphaericus is an environmental organism often considered a contaminant when isolated from patient specimens due to its rare association with human disease. Here we report a case of triple valve endocarditis caused by L. sphaericus infection. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the firs...

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Autores principales: Torres, Jordan L., Faulhaber, Jason R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10415700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37577048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01856
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description Lysinibacillus sphaericus is an environmental organism often considered a contaminant when isolated from patient specimens due to its rare association with human disease. Here we report a case of triple valve endocarditis caused by L. sphaericus infection. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first documented case of endocarditis caused by this bacterium.
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spelling pubmed-104157002023-08-12 Triple-valve endocarditis due to Lysinibacillus sphaericus infection Torres, Jordan L. Faulhaber, Jason R. IDCases Case Report Lysinibacillus sphaericus is an environmental organism often considered a contaminant when isolated from patient specimens due to its rare association with human disease. Here we report a case of triple valve endocarditis caused by L. sphaericus infection. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first documented case of endocarditis caused by this bacterium. Elsevier 2023-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10415700/ /pubmed/37577048 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01856 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Triple-valve endocarditis due to Lysinibacillus sphaericus infection
title Triple-valve endocarditis due to Lysinibacillus sphaericus infection
title_full Triple-valve endocarditis due to Lysinibacillus sphaericus infection
title_fullStr Triple-valve endocarditis due to Lysinibacillus sphaericus infection
title_full_unstemmed Triple-valve endocarditis due to Lysinibacillus sphaericus infection
title_short Triple-valve endocarditis due to Lysinibacillus sphaericus infection
title_sort triple-valve endocarditis due to lysinibacillus sphaericus infection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10415700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37577048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01856
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