Bacterial endocarditis due to an actinobacillus
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Bacterial Endocarditis Due to an Actinobacillus.
A case of subacute bacterial endocarditis due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans followed dental extraction under penicillin cover. Isolation of the organism was only achieved by incubating blood cultures in a CO(2)-enriched atmosphere. The patient was successfully treated with streptomycin.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.17.5.511