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Neisseria elongata subsp. elongata, as a cause of human endocarditis
A Apisarnthanarak1, W C Dunagan, W M Dunne
1Division of Infectious Disease, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
|June 19, 2001
Abstract:
Neisseria elongata subsp. elongata, previously considered nonpathogenic, is a potential agent of human endocarditis. We report the second case of human endocarditis caused by this organism. The patient was successfully treated with Ceftriaxone alone for a total of six weeks.