Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Streptobacillus Moniliformis: a Case of Rat Bite Fever

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2007 Jul 27

PMID 17652475

Citations 11

Authors

Po-Lin Chen

Nan-Yao Lee

Jing-Jou Yan

Yu-Jen Yang

Hung-Mo Chen

Chia-Ming Chang

Hsin-Chun Lee

Nai-Ying Ko

Chao-Han Lai

Wen-Chien Ko

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Abstract

We report a case of rat bite fever caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis in Taiwan. It manifested as prosthetic valve endocarditis, which was cured by cardiac valve replacement and antimicrobial therapy. The DNA sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of S. moniliformis was detected in valve specimens by PCR and nucleotide sequencing.

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