TY - JOUR
T1 - Corynebacterium xerosis Endocarditis
AU - Eliakim, Rami
AU - Silkoff, Philip
AU - Lugassy, Gilles
AU - Michel, Jacques
PY - 1983/10
Y1 - 1983/10
N2 - Bacterial endocarditis due to Corynebacterium xerosis developed in a previously healthy person. Diphtheroid infection is a rare cause of endocarditis and, when present, it usually affects immunocompromised hosts or prosthetic valves. There are few reports of diphtheroid endocarditis on intact valves, and, to our knowledge, this is the first case in which the offending organism was identified as C xerosis. We call attention to the virulence of C xerosis in a person with no previous valvular disease.
AB - Bacterial endocarditis due to Corynebacterium xerosis developed in a previously healthy person. Diphtheroid infection is a rare cause of endocarditis and, when present, it usually affects immunocompromised hosts or prosthetic valves. There are few reports of diphtheroid endocarditis on intact valves, and, to our knowledge, this is the first case in which the offending organism was identified as C xerosis. We call attention to the virulence of C xerosis in a person with no previous valvular disease.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1983.00350100179034
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1983.00350100179034
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AN - SCOPUS:0020599009
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 143
SP - 1995
JO - Archives of Internal Medicine
JF - Archives of Internal Medicine
IS - 10
ER -