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

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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Main Authors: Rama Chaudhry, Tej Bahadur, Tanu Sagar, Sonu Kumari Agrawal, Nazneen Arif, Shiv K. Choudhary, Nishant Verma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
Subjects:
infective endocarditis
clostridium sordellii
diagnosis
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1723750
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spelling doaj-0c347b0bae584c2198b1a68eda5906852021-05-27T00:19:17ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Laboratory Physicians0974-27270974-78262021-03-01130107407610.1055/s-0041-1723750Infective Endocarditis Caused by C. sordellii: The First Case Report from IndiaRama Chaudhry0Tej Bahadur1Tanu Sagar2Sonu Kumari Agrawal3Nazneen Arif4Shiv K. Choudhary5Nishant Verma6Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaClostridium 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.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1723750infective endocarditis clostridium sordellii diagnosis
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author Rama Chaudhry
Tej Bahadur
Tanu Sagar
Sonu Kumari Agrawal
Nazneen Arif
Shiv K. Choudhary
Nishant Verma
spellingShingle Rama Chaudhry
Tej Bahadur
Tanu Sagar
Sonu Kumari Agrawal
Nazneen Arif
Shiv K. Choudhary
Nishant Verma
Infective Endocarditis Caused by C. sordellii: The First Case Report from India
Journal of Laboratory Physicians
infective endocarditis
clostridium sordellii
diagnosis
author_facet Rama Chaudhry
Tej Bahadur
Tanu Sagar
Sonu Kumari Agrawal
Nazneen Arif
Shiv K. Choudhary
Nishant Verma
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title Infective Endocarditis Caused by C. sordellii: The First Case Report from India
title_short Infective Endocarditis Caused by C. sordellii: The First Case Report from India
title_full Infective Endocarditis Caused by C. sordellii: The First Case Report from India
title_fullStr Infective Endocarditis Caused by C. sordellii: The First Case Report from India
title_full_unstemmed Infective Endocarditis Caused by C. sordellii: The First Case Report from India
title_sort infective endocarditis caused by c. sordellii: the first case report from india
publisher Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
series Journal of Laboratory Physicians
issn 0974-2727
0974-7826
publishDate 2021-03-01
description 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.
topic infective endocarditis
clostridium sordellii
diagnosis
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1723750
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