Infective Endocarditis Caused by C. sordellii: The First Case Report from India

Clostridium sordellii is a gram-positive anaerobic bacteria most commonly isolated from skin and soft tissue infection, penetrating injurious and intravenous drug abusers. The exotoxins produced by the bacteria are associated with toxic shock syndrome. We report here a first case of infective endoca...

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Autores principales: Chaudhry, Rama, Bahadur, Tej, Sagar, Tanu, Agrawal, Sonu Kumari, Arif, Nazneen, Choudhary, Shiv K., Verma, Nishant
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8154338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34054241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1723750
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Sumario:Clostridium sordellii is a gram-positive anaerobic bacteria most commonly isolated from skin and soft tissue infection, penetrating injurious and intravenous drug abusers. The exotoxins produced by the bacteria are associated with toxic shock syndrome. We report here a first case of infective endocarditis due to C. sordellii from a female patient with ventricular septal defect from India.

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