First Report of Granulicatella sp. Endocarditis in a Kidney Transplant Patient
Abstract Granulicatella and Abiotrophia are genera of fastidious Gram-positive cocci commensal of the oral, genitourinary, and intestinal flora. We report the first case of infective endocarditis caused by Granulicatella sp. in a kidney transplant recipient. A 67-year-old male kidney transplant reci...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Nephrology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002017000300341&lng=en&tlng=en |