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Haemophilus segnis endocarditis
J M Bangsborg1, M Tvede, P Skinhøj
1Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Journal of Infection
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Haemophilus segnis is a rarely recognised commensal in the oropharynx. We wish to report the first published case of endocarditis caused by H. segnis. The patient, a 76-year-old female did not recover until after 2 courses of ampicillin given for a total of 57 days. In the second course of treatment, ampicillin was combined with 10 days of netilmicin therapy.