A case of Klebsiella oxytoca endocarditis in an intravenous drug user

Non-HACEK Gram-negative bacilli account for only a small percentage of infective endocarditis cases globally. Among those, Klebsiella species account for only about 10% of cases and are most often health-care acquired. We present a rare case of Klebsiella oxytoca endocarditis in a young intravenous...

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Main Authors: Naomi Hauser, Elizabeth Tanner, Michael Keuroghlian, Lalitha Koduri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:IDCases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250917300252