Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis associated with cerebral, renal, and splenic infarctions: A case report and review of the literature
Cardiobacterium hominis (C. hominis) is a fastidious, pleomorphic, gram-negative bacillus that causes infective endocarditis. Identification of C. hominis is difficult because it grows very slowly in culture media. C. hominis is also known to cause large friable vegetations in the heart valves, comp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-01-01
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| Series: | IDCases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250922002839 |