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Infective Endocarditis Due to Abiotrophia defectiva and Its Feared Complications in an Immunocompetent Person: Rare, But Real

Abiotrophia defectiva is nutritional deficient streptococci that cannot be cultured on routine culture medias. Even though fastidious in growth requirement, it is a virulent bacterium preferentially affecting endovascular structures and is implicated in many culture-negative endocarditis cases. Unli...

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Autores principales: Rudrappa, Mohan, Kokatnur, Laxmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5452557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28584461
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.204693