A case of Gemella morbillorum native valve endocarditis and results of in vitro susceptibility testing

We present a case of a 48 years old male with Gemella morbillorum native mitral valve endocarditis. Due to poor growth of the organism, antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) could not be performed using the CLSI approved method. AST was determined using Etest© strips and the patient was successful...

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Autores principales: Tanveer, Farah, Pawlak, Joan, Youssef, Dima, Saravolatz, Louis D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7838709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33537207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01045
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author Tanveer, Farah
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description We present a case of a 48 years old male with Gemella morbillorum native mitral valve endocarditis. Due to poor growth of the organism, antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) could not be performed using the CLSI approved method. AST was determined using Etest© strips and the patient was successfully treated with mitral valve replacement and intravenous ceftriaxone.
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spelling pubmed-78387092021-02-02 A case of Gemella morbillorum native valve endocarditis and results of in vitro susceptibility testing Tanveer, Farah Pawlak, Joan Youssef, Dima Saravolatz, Louis D. IDCases Case Report We present a case of a 48 years old male with Gemella morbillorum native mitral valve endocarditis. Due to poor growth of the organism, antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) could not be performed using the CLSI approved method. AST was determined using Etest© strips and the patient was successfully treated with mitral valve replacement and intravenous ceftriaxone. Elsevier 2021-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7838709/ /pubmed/33537207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01045 Text en © 2021 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Tanveer, Farah
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Saravolatz, Louis D.
A case of Gemella morbillorum native valve endocarditis and results of in vitro susceptibility testing
title A case of Gemella morbillorum native valve endocarditis and results of in vitro susceptibility testing
title_full A case of Gemella morbillorum native valve endocarditis and results of in vitro susceptibility testing
title_fullStr A case of Gemella morbillorum native valve endocarditis and results of in vitro susceptibility testing
title_full_unstemmed A case of Gemella morbillorum native valve endocarditis and results of in vitro susceptibility testing
title_short A case of Gemella morbillorum native valve endocarditis and results of in vitro susceptibility testing
title_sort case of gemella morbillorum native valve endocarditis and results of in vitro susceptibility testing
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7838709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33537207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01045
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