Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis: a case of rat bite fever.

نویسندگان

  • Po-Lin Chen
  • Nan-Yao Lee
  • Jing-Jou Yan
  • Yu-Jen Yang
  • Hung-Mo Chen
  • Chia-Ming Chang
  • Hsin-Chun Lee
  • Nai-Ying Ko
  • Chao-Han Lai
  • Wen-Chien Ko
چکیده

We report a case of rat bite fever caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis in Taiwan. It manifested as prosthetic valve endocarditis, which was cured by cardiac valve replacement and antimicrobial therapy. The DNA sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of S. moniliformis was detected in valve specimens by PCR and nucleotide sequencing.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 45 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007