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Case Reports
. 2012 Apr;45(2):158-60.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.09.010. Epub 2011 Dec 11.

Successful treatment of Aerococcus viridans endocarditis in a patient allergic to penicillin

Liang-Yu Chen  1 , Wen-Chung Yu, Suang-Hao Huang, Mei-Lin Lin, Te-Li Chen, Chang-Phone Fung, Cheng-Yi Liu
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Successful treatment of Aerococcus viridans endocarditis in a patient allergic to penicillin

Liang-Yu Chen et al. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2012 Apr.
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Abstract

Aerococcus viridans is a rare human pathogen that occasionally causes endocarditis. Most of the reported cases of endocarditis have been treated with penicillin. Here we describe a patient who was allergic to penicillin and was successfully treated with cefotaxime.

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