Erysipelothrix bacteremia without endocarditis: Rare event or under-reported occurrence?

Dimitri M Drekonja

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.07.002

Erysipelothrix bacteremia without endocarditis: Rare event or under-reported occurrence?

Dimitri M Drekonja

Medicine - Veteran's Administration Medical Center

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Abstract

A patient presented with inflamed hands and Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia. Because a high incidence of endocarditis has been reported with this organism, a transesophageal echocardiogram was obtained, which was normal. Treatment with oral moxifloxacin resolved all manifestations of illness. The association between E. rhusiopathiae bacteremia and endocarditis may be spurious.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	280-281
Number of pages	2
Journal	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume	77
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.07.002
State	Published - Nov 1 2013

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Endocarditis
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Zoonoses

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