Infective endocarditis caused by Granulicatella adiacens

Granulicatella adiacens, a recently nomenclatured bacterium, was considered as one of the nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) and is a mouth commensal. It is redesignated as a streptococcus like bacterium since it differs from streptococci. We report a case of infective endocarditis (IE) caused...

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Main Authors: T.S. Shailaja, K.A. Sathiavathy, Govindan Unni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-07-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483213001946