Actinomyces naeslundii: An Uncommon Cause of Endocarditis. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Actinomyces rarely causes endocarditis with 25 well-described cases reported in the literature in the past 75 years. We present a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) caused by Actinomyces naeslundii. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of endocarditis due to this organism and the second report of PVE caused by Actinomyces.

publication date

  • November 30, 2015

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4677190

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1155/2015/602462

PubMed ID

  • 26697243

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 2015