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Case Reports
. 2007 Aug;13(8):1250-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1308.080124.

Streptococcus sinensis endocarditis outside Hong Kong

Ilker Uçkay  1 , Peter Rohner, Ignacio Bolivar, Béatrice Ninet, Marina Djordjevic, Vandack Nobre, Christian Garzoni, Jacques Schrenzel
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Streptococcus sinensis endocarditis outside Hong Kong

Ilker Uçkay et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Aug.

Abstract

Streptococcus sinensis has been described as a causative organism for infective endocarditis in 3 Chinese patients from Hong Kong. We describe a closely related strain in an Italian patient with chronic rheumatic heart disease. The case illustrates that S. sinensis is a worldwide emerging pathogen.

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