TY - JOUR
T1 - Infective endocarditis with Abiotrophia defectiva
T2 - The first australian experience
AU - Van Assche, Anthony F.
AU - Stephens, Dianne P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A 40-year old Indigenous woman with a history of mitral valve replacement was admitted to the Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, for an elective cone biopsy of the cervix. During the admission, she had recurrent fever and joint pain of the left knee. Blood was cultured, and she was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. Abiotrophia defectiva was identified from the culture, and a transoesophageal echocardiogram revealed endocarditis of the mitral valve prosthesis.A review of the English-language literature suggests that this is the first reported case of Abiotrophia endocarditis in Australia, and the third reported case of prosthetic-valve endocarditis caused by this species worldwide.
AB - A 40-year old Indigenous woman with a history of mitral valve replacement was admitted to the Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, for an elective cone biopsy of the cervix. During the admission, she had recurrent fever and joint pain of the left knee. Blood was cultured, and she was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. Abiotrophia defectiva was identified from the culture, and a transoesophageal echocardiogram revealed endocarditis of the mitral valve prosthesis.A review of the English-language literature suggests that this is the first reported case of Abiotrophia endocarditis in Australia, and the third reported case of prosthetic-valve endocarditis caused by this species worldwide.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 18304019
AN - SCOPUS:77956048825
VL - 10
SP - 53
EP - 54
JO - Critical Care and Resuscitation
JF - Critical Care and Resuscitation
SN - 1441-2772
IS - 1
ER -