| Literature DB >> 24478515 |
Anne Sophie Daubié1, Carine Defrance, Aurélie Renvoisé, Eleodoro Barreda, Cosimo D'Alessandro, Florence Brossier, Vincent Jarlier, Alexandra Aubry.
Abstract
We report a case of endocarditis caused by Streptococcus equi in an immunocompetent patient who was subsequently cured after appropriate antibiotherapy and cardiac surgery. However, it was challenging to identify the strain to the subspecies level, which highlights the necessity of developing reliable molecular tools to discriminate between the subspecies.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24478515 PMCID: PMC3911343 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01447-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948