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Case Reports
. 1998 Sep;22(5):503-5.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701353.

Oerskovia xanthineolytica: a new pathogen in bone marrow transplantation

P Ellerbroek  1 , S Kuipers, M Rozenberg-Arska, L F Verdonck, E J Petersen
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Oerskovia xanthineolytica: a new pathogen in bone marrow transplantation

P Ellerbroek et al. Bone Marrow Transplant. 1998 Sep.

Abstract

A 53-year-old woman with non-Hodgkin lymphoma underwent an autologous bone marrow transplant (BMT). Incomplete reconstitution necessitated the use of a long-term central venous catheter. One year after BMT she presented with fever. Echocardiography revealed vegetations on the tricuspid valve. Gram-positive rods grown from blood cultures and catheter tip were identified as Oerskovia xanthineolytica. We report the first case of native valve endocarditis caused by this organism.

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