[Microbiological and clinical studies of infective endocarditis due to nutritionally variant streptococci].

doi:10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.68.830

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[Microbiological and clinical studies of infective endocarditis due to nutritionally variant streptococci].

Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases - 1 Jul 1994

Kikuchi K, Totsuka K, Shimizu K, Enari T, Shibata Y, Hasegawa H

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We report four cases of infective endocarditis due to nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) that occurred between 1981 and 1991. Three female and one male patients had underlying heart diseases. Causative organisms showed satellitism to staphylococci. Two strains were identified as S. adjacens...

Topics

Adult
Child
Endocarditis, Bacterial
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Streptococcal Infections
Streptococcus

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