A case of Klebsiella oxytoca endocarditis in an intravenous drug user

Non-HACEK Gram-negative bacilli account for only a small percentage of infective endocarditis cases globally. Among those, Klebsiella species account for only about 10% of cases and are most often health-care acquired. We present a rare case of Klebsiella oxytoca endocarditis in a young intravenous...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hauser, Naomi, Tanner, Elizabeth, Keuroghlian, Michael, Koduri, Lalitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.03.003
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Sumario:Non-HACEK Gram-negative bacilli account for only a small percentage of infective endocarditis cases globally. Among those, Klebsiella species account for only about 10% of cases and are most often health-care acquired. We present a rare case of Klebsiella oxytoca endocarditis in a young intravenous drug user.

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