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Infectious endocarditis caused by Helcococcus kunzii in a vascular patient: a case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Helcococcus kunzii is a facultative anaerobic bacterium that was first described by Collins et al. in 1993, and was initially considered as a commensal of the human skin, in particular of lower extremities. Human infections caused by H. kunzii remain rare with only a few cases published...

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Autores principales: Lotte, Romain, Lotte, Laurène, Degand, Nicolas, Gaudart, Alice, Gabriel, Sylvie, Ben H’dech, Mouna, Blois, Mathilde, Rinaldi, Jean-Paul, Ruimy, Raymond
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4477501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26099275
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0984-y