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Peter C Iwen1, Cezarina Mindru, Andre C Kalil, Diana F Florescu.
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This report describes the first case of persistent bacteremia with endocarditis caused by Pediococcus acidilactici in a 32-year-old male with a history of short gut syndrome following a small bowel transplant. The results showed the utility of sequencing the intergenic spacer region for species identification and successful treatment using daptomycin.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22205795 PMCID: PMC3295129 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05648-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948