| Literature DB >> 9733276 |
P Ellerbroek1, S Kuipers, M Rozenberg-Arska, L F Verdonck, E J Petersen.
Abstract
A 53-year-old woman with non-Hodgkin lymphoma underwent an autologous bone marrow transplant (BMT). Incomplete reconstitution necessitated the use of a long-term central venous catheter. One year after BMT she presented with fever. Echocardiography revealed vegetations on the tricuspid valve. Gram-positive rods grown from blood cultures and catheter tip were identified as Oerskovia xanthineolytica. We report the first case of native valve endocarditis caused by this organism.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9733276 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701353
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bone Marrow Transplant ISSN: 0268-3369 Impact factor: 5.483