A Woman with Infectious Endocarditis Caused by Abiotrophia defectiva

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  • HASHIMOTO Toko
    Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
  • JODO Satoshi
    Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Kitami Red Cross Hospital
  • FURUSAKI Akira
    Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
  • KON Yujiro
    Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
  • AMASAKI Yoshiharu
    Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
  • ATSUMI Tatsuya
    Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
  • KOMATSU Hiroshi
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
  • SHIMOKAWA Junichi
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
  • YONEZAWA Kazuya
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
  • KOIKE Takao
    Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine

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  • Woman with Infectious Endocarditis Caused by Abiotrophia defectiva

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Abstract

A 74-year-old woman with recurrent fever and multiple joint pain was admitted to Hokkaido University Hospital. Trans-esophageal echocardiogram revealed bacterial vegetation and destruction of the aortic valve. Although few bacteria grew in regular blood agar, Grampositive coccobacillus was specifically grown in chocolate blood agar and Brucella agar, and it was identified to be Abiotrophia defectiva. Infectious endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva was diagnosed, she was treated with diuretics, penicillin G and gentamicin, and she immediately improved. Infectious diseases caused by Abiotrophia defectiva are extremely rare, and identification of this pathogen is important, as its bacterial characteristics require proper attention.

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  • Internal Medicine

    Internal Medicine 43 (10), 1000-1004, 2004

    The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

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