Torres Jordan L, Faulhaber Jason R
Department of Infectious Disease, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, 213 McClanahan St SW, Roanoke, VA, 24014, USA.
IDCases. 2023 Jul 23;33:e01856. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01856. eCollection 2023.
is an environmental organism often considered a contaminant when isolated from patient specimens due to its rare association with human disease. Here we report a case of triple valve endocarditis caused by infection. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first documented case of endocarditis caused by this bacterium.
它是一种环境微生物,当从患者标本中分离出来时,由于其与人类疾病的罕见关联,常被视为污染物。在此,我们报告一例由感染引起的三尖瓣心内膜炎病例。据作者所知,这是首例有记录的由这种细菌引起的心内膜炎病例。