First case report of infective endocarditis associated with Microbacterium maritypicum

Microbacterium species are gram positive coryneforms generally considered as a contaminant when identified in gram stain of blood culture, especially when time-to-positivity is longer than 48 h. We encountered a case of infective endocarditis associated with Microbacterium maritypicum bacteremia, wh...

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Main Authors: Eugene Y.H. Yeung, M. Fahad Chowdhury, Robert W. Slinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:IDCases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920302602