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Subacute bacterial endocarditis due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Report of a case with a review of the literature.

Journal of clinical pathology ·Vol. 30 ·No. 9 ·1977-09-00 ·Pages 842-6

Vandepitte J, De Geest H, Jousten P

Abstract

A case of subacute bacterial endocarditis due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is reported. The patient was successfully treated first by a combination of gentamicin and ampicillin and then, because of severe allergic reactions, ampicillin was replaced by co-trimoxazole; symptoms did not recur and blood cultures remained sterile. A synoptic table is presented of 19 reported cases of infection caused by A. actinomycetemcomitans not connected with actinomycosis, with particular regard to their clinical features, treatment, and outcome.

MeSH Terms
Actinobacillus/isolation & purification Actinobacillus Infections/microbiology Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial/etiology,microbiology Humans Male Middle Aged
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Vandepitte J
De Geest H
Jousten P
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical pathology
Abbr.
J Clin Pathol
ISSN
0021-9746
Published
1977-09-00
Pages
842-6
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0376601
PMCID
PMC476572
Subset
IM
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