Left-Sided Endocarditis Associated with Multi-Drug Resistance Acinetobacter Lwoffii
Acinetobacter lwoffii, an important nosocomial pathogen, is a gram-negative aerobic bacillus that is a component of the normal flora on the skin, oropharynx, and perineum of about 20-25% of healthy individuals. We herein present a case of a 66-year-old man with combined mitral and aortic valve endoc...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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| author | Hossein Ahmadi Mohammad Ali Boroumand Maryam Sotoudeh Anvari Abbasali Karimi Naghmeh Moshtaghi |
| author_facet | Hossein Ahmadi Mohammad Ali Boroumand Maryam Sotoudeh Anvari Abbasali Karimi Naghmeh Moshtaghi |
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| description | Acinetobacter lwoffii, an important nosocomial pathogen, is a gram-negative aerobic bacillus that is a component of the normal flora on the skin, oropharynx, and perineum of about 20-25% of healthy individuals. We herein present a case of a 66-year-old man with combined mitral and aortic valve endocarditis associated with multi-drug resistance acinetobacter lowffii bacteremia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d41d3985070044629a9add4fbbd20be62022-12-21T19:14:23ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Tehran University Heart Center1735-86202008-23712009-07-0143139Left-Sided Endocarditis Associated with Multi-Drug Resistance Acinetobacter LwoffiiHossein Ahmadi0Mohammad Ali Boroumand1Maryam Sotoudeh Anvari2Abbasali Karimi3Naghmeh Moshtaghi4Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Acinetobacter lwoffii, an important nosocomial pathogen, is a gram-negative aerobic bacillus that is a component of the normal flora on the skin, oropharynx, and perineum of about 20-25% of healthy individuals. We herein present a case of a 66-year-old man with combined mitral and aortic valve endocarditis associated with multi-drug resistance acinetobacter lowffii bacteremia.https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/141AcinetobacterDrug resistancemultipleEndocarditis |
| spellingShingle | Hossein Ahmadi Mohammad Ali Boroumand Maryam Sotoudeh Anvari Abbasali Karimi Naghmeh Moshtaghi Left-Sided Endocarditis Associated with Multi-Drug Resistance Acinetobacter Lwoffii Journal of Tehran University Heart Center Acinetobacter Drug resistance multiple Endocarditis |
| title | Left-Sided Endocarditis Associated with Multi-Drug Resistance Acinetobacter Lwoffii |
| title_full | Left-Sided Endocarditis Associated with Multi-Drug Resistance Acinetobacter Lwoffii |
| title_fullStr | Left-Sided Endocarditis Associated with Multi-Drug Resistance Acinetobacter Lwoffii |
| title_full_unstemmed | Left-Sided Endocarditis Associated with Multi-Drug Resistance Acinetobacter Lwoffii |
| title_short | Left-Sided Endocarditis Associated with Multi-Drug Resistance Acinetobacter Lwoffii |
| title_sort | left sided endocarditis associated with multi drug resistance acinetobacter lwoffii |
| topic | Acinetobacter Drug resistance multiple Endocarditis |
| url | https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/141 |
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