| Literature DB >> 1577022 |
H Decoster1, J Snoeck, S Pattyn.
Abstract
We report a case of aortic valve endocarditis, caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus (previously known as CDC Group DF-2) secondary to a dog bite. Vegetations were documented by cross-sectional echocardiography and bacteraemia by positive haemocultures for this unusual gram-negative bacillus.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1577022 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060035
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Heart J ISSN: 0195-668X Impact factor: 29.983