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Case Reports

. 2010 Aug;16(4):472-3.

doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.05.003. Epub 2010 May 21.

Actinomyces israelii endocarditis misidentified as "Diptheroids"

Amesh A Adalja¹, Emanuel N Vergis

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¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. ameshaa@aol.com

PMID: 20493959
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.05.003

Case Reports

Actinomyces israelii endocarditis misidentified as "Diptheroids"

Amesh A Adalja et al. Anaerobe. 2010 Aug.

. 2010 Aug;16(4):472-3.

doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.05.003. Epub 2010 May 21.

Authors

Amesh A Adalja¹, Emanuel N Vergis

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. ameshaa@aol.com

PMID: 20493959
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.05.003

Abstract

Actinomyces is a rare cause of endocarditis, however misidentification as Cornyebacteria often hampers the diagnosis.

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