Prosthetic valve endocarditis resulting from Nocardia asteroides.
- 31 December 1978
- Vol. 41 (1) , 125-127
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.41.1.125
Abstract
Nocardia asteroides was isolated from the prosthetic valve of a 64-year-old woman who had died of endocarditis after aortic valve replacement. Multiple blood cultures had all been negative. This organism is increasingly being recognised as a pathogen and is usually sensitive to sulphonamides. These should be tried in culture negative endocarditis unresponsive to standard therapy.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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