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Corynebacterium striatum first reported case of prosthetic valve endocarditis
J J de Arriba1, J J Blanch, F Mateos
1Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital General, Albacete, Spain.
The Journal of Infection
|July 9, 2002
Abstract:
We describe the case of a prosthetic valve endocarditis in a 72-year-old woman. Corynebacterium striatum was isolated in the blood samples. This organism has been described in a few cases of native valve endocarditis, but this is the first case reported of prosthetic valve endocarditis.