A case report and literature overview: Abiotrophia defectiva aortic valve endocarditis in developing countries

A fatal case of aortic valve endocarditis due to Abiotrophia defectiva was reported in Brazil. An overview of cases of endocarditis and other human infections related to A. defectiva in developing countries was also accomplished.

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Published inInfection Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 579 - 584
Main Authors Ramos, J. N., dos Santos, L. S., Vidal, L. M. R., Pereira, P. M. A., Salgado, A. A., Fortes, C. Q., Vieira, V. V., Mattos-Guaraldi, A. L., Júnior, R. H., Damasco, P. V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2014
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Abiotrophia - isolation & purification
Aortic Valve - microbiology
Aortic Valve - pathology
Brazil
Case Report
Cluster Analysis
Developing Countries
DNA, Bacterial - chemistry
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal - genetics
Endocarditis, Bacterial - epidemiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology
Family Medicine
Fatal Outcome
Female
General Practice
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - epidemiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology
Humans
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
LDCs
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Brazil
Infective endocarditis (IE)
Nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS)
16S rRNA gene sequencing
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Summary:A fatal case of aortic valve endocarditis due to Abiotrophia defectiva was reported in Brazil. An overview of cases of endocarditis and other human infections related to A. defectiva in developing countries was also accomplished.
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ISSN:0300-8126
1439-0973
DOI:10.1007/s15010-014-0595-3