Endocarditis Caused by Nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae( )

The Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule is regarded as indispensable in bacteremia. We report an infant with a ventricular septal defect and infective endocarditis caused by nontypeable S. pneumoniae. In-depth investigation confirmed a deficient capsule yet favored pneumococcal fitness for causing infe...

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Autores principales: Henriet, Stefanie S V, Langereis, Jeroen D, Lo, Stephanie W, Bentley, Stephen, Mesman, Rob J, Fejzic, Zina, van Niftrik, Laura, van Sorge, Nina M, Wertheim, Heiman F L, de Jonge, Marien I, Cremers, Amelieke J H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9464071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35134152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac079
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Sumario:The Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule is regarded as indispensable in bacteremia. We report an infant with a ventricular septal defect and infective endocarditis caused by nontypeable S. pneumoniae. In-depth investigation confirmed a deficient capsule yet favored pneumococcal fitness for causing infective endocarditis, rather than a host immune disorder, as the cause of infective endocarditis in this case.

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