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Case Reports
. 2003 Feb;22(2):106-7.
doi: 10.1007/s10096-002-0874-2. Epub 2003 Feb 15.

Tricuspid valve endocarditis due to Neisseria cinerea

J Benes  1 , O Dzupova, P Krizova, H Rozsypal
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Case Reports

Tricuspid valve endocarditis due to Neisseria cinerea

J Benes et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 Feb.

Abstract

Reported here is a case of infective endocarditis caused by the saprophytic species Neisseria cinerea. To the best of our knowledge, this etiology has not been documented in the medical literature previously. The patient was an intravenous drug addict who developed tricuspid endocarditis with lung embolism. The disease was cured after treatment with ampicillin/clavulanate that was changed to ceftriaxone after an embolic event.

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