Group C streptococcal endocarditis

Group C streptococcal endocarditis

Group C streptococcus is found in many domestic animals and rarely causes infection in human beings. Severe infections caused by these bacteria are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. We present a case of group C streptococcus endocarditis with sequelae, right-eye endophthalmitis, an...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of the medical sciences 2007-09, Vol.334 (3), p.212-214
Hauptverfasser: AHMED, Saud I, GRIPALDO, Ria E, ALAO, Oladipo A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis, Bacterial - drug therapy
Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology
General aspects
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Penicillins - therapeutic use
Radiography, Thoracic
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Streptococcal Infections - diagnostic imaging
Streptococcal Infections - drug therapy
Streptococcus - classification
Streptococcus - pathogenicity
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:Group C streptococcus is found in many domestic animals and rarely causes infection in human beings. Severe infections caused by these bacteria are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. We present a case of group C streptococcus endocarditis with sequelae, right-eye endophthalmitis, and multilobar pneumonia caused by septic embolization from the infected mitral valve.
ISSN:0002-9629
1538-2990
DOI:10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318141face