https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/202180
Title: | Endocarditis Caused by Abiotrophia Defectiva in Children | Authors: | HSUEH, PO-REN WU, MEI-HWAN WANG, JANN-TAY HUANG, LI-MIN |
Keywords: | infective endocarditis;Abiotrophia defectiva;children;NUTRITIONALLY VARIANT STREPTOCOCCI;INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS;DEFICIENT STREPTOCOCCUS | Issue Date: | 2002 | Journal Volume: | v.21 | Journal Issue: | n.7 | Start page/Pages: | 697-700 | Source: | PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL | Abstract: | Abiotrophia defectiva, formerly designated as the member of nutritionally variant streptococci, is a part of normal oral flora and may be a cause of culture-negative endocarditis. We report a case of infective endocarditis caused by A defectiva involving the mitral valve in a 12-year -old girl. She received antibiotic treatment for 8 weeks and was symptom- free 6 months after discharge. We also reviewed the pediatric cases of nutritionally variant streptococcal endocarditis published in the English literature since 1971. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/103358 |
Appears in Collections: | 醫學系 |
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