RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Endocarditis due to <em>Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans</em> of both a prosthetic valve and a native valve in the same patient
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 193
OP 195
VO 53
IS 2
A1 Wilson, John H.
A1 Franco, Irving
A1 Keys, Thomas F.
YR 1986
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/53/2/193.abstract
AB A patient with Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans endocarditis, a rare cause of gram-negative endocarditis, is reported. This case is unique in that it is the onlyone in the literature with documented involvement of both prosthetic (aortic) and native (mitral) valves. The patient required surgical replacement of the aortic valve prosthesis and debridement of the mitral valve, as well as prolonged antibiotic therapy.