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Case report of Streptomyces endocarditis of a prosthetic aortic valve
S B Mossad1, J W Tomford, R Stewart
1Department of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|December 1, 1995
Abstract:
We describe the first case of prosthetic valve endocarditis due to a Streptomyces sp. The patient presented with fever, cutaneous embolic lesions, and bacteremia 3 months after aortic valve replacement. Treatment required valve replacement and a long course of parenteral imipenem.