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. 2008 Dec 12;1(1):388.
doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-388.

Nosocomial valve endocarditis due to corynebacterium striatum: a case report

Jorge Marull  1 , Pablo A Casares
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Nosocomial valve endocarditis due to corynebacterium striatum: a case report

Jorge Marull et al. Cases J. .

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus, Coagulase-negative staphylococci, and Enterococci sp. are the usual pathogens involved in nosocomial bacterial endocarditis. Corynebacterium species isolation in blood specimens is usually considered to be a contaminant. We present an interesting case of native mitral valve endocarditis in a 73 year old African American female that was diagnosed days after she was discharged from our institution. The infection was cleared with medical therapy alone.

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