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Endocarditis with Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm Caused by <i>Cardiobacterium valvarum</i> sp. nov
1 Apr 2004
Abstract excerpt
A fastidious gram-negative bacterium was isolated from the blood of a 37-year-old man who had insidious endocarditis with a sudden rupture of a cerebral aneurysm. Characterization of the organism through phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses revealed a novel species of Cardiobacterium, for which the name Cardiobacterium valvarum sp. nov. is proposed. C. valvarum will supplement the current sole species...
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