Infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus tigurinus-like organisms
- Peuchant, O.
- Wirth, G.
- Tixier, R.
- Dijos, M.
- Camou, F.
- Greib, C.
- Mégraud, F.
- Ménard, A.
Publication date
September 2016
DOI Publisher
The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. ISSN
2052-2975 Citation count (estimate)
1Abstract
AbstractStreptococcus species are important causes of infective endocarditis but species identification remains challenging. We report two cases of infective endocarditis due to Streptococcus tigurinus-like organisms, which were first identified by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequence analysis and subsequently confirmed using phylogeny based on the analysis of the shetA gene encoding exfoliative toxin
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