Shewanella putrefaciens infective endocarditis

Shewanella putrefaciens infective endocarditis

Shewanella putrefaciens rarely causes infection in humans. In the last few decades a growing number of cases have been described. The following report outlines the case of a 40-year-old immunocompetent white man with S. putrefaciens infective endocarditis. This is the first known case of infective e...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Constant, Ivan Chernev, Eric Gomez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867014001123
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spelling doaj-15383c66f7af4bd183b2aea003117b9e2020-11-25T01:19:33ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1413-86702014-11-01186686688S1413-86702014000600686Shewanella putrefaciens infective endocarditisJonathan Constant0Ivan Chernev1Eric Gomez2West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV, USAWest Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV, USA; Department of Medicine, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Beckley, WV, USADepartment of Medicine, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Beckley, WV, USA; Corresponding author at: Department of Medicine, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, 250 Stanaford Road, Beckley, WV 25801, USA.Shewanella putrefaciens rarely causes infection in humans. In the last few decades a growing number of cases have been described. The following report outlines the case of a 40-year-old immunocompetent white man with S. putrefaciens infective endocarditis. This is the first known case of infective endocarditis due to an apparently monomicrobial S. putrefaciens infection, and the second known case of S. putrefaciens-related infective endocarditis worldwide. Keywords: Shewanella, Endocarditis, Bacteremiahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867014001123
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Shewanella putrefaciens infective endocarditis
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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title Shewanella putrefaciens infective endocarditis
title_short Shewanella putrefaciens infective endocarditis
title_full Shewanella putrefaciens infective endocarditis
title_fullStr Shewanella putrefaciens infective endocarditis
title_full_unstemmed Shewanella putrefaciens infective endocarditis
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series Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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publishDate 2014-11-01
description Shewanella putrefaciens rarely causes infection in humans. In the last few decades a growing number of cases have been described. The following report outlines the case of a 40-year-old immunocompetent white man with S. putrefaciens infective endocarditis. This is the first known case of infective endocarditis due to an apparently monomicrobial S. putrefaciens infection, and the second known case of S. putrefaciens-related infective endocarditis worldwide. Keywords: Shewanella, Endocarditis, Bacteremia
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