Isolation of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans from the Blood of a Patient with Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis.
- Author:
Yunsop CHONG
1
;
Kyong Won LEE
;
Samuel Y LEE
;
Seung Yun CHO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords: Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Blood culture; Subacute bacterial endocarditis
- MeSH: Actinobacillus/isolation & purification*; Adult; Blood/microbiology*; Case Report; Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial/microbiology*; Human; Male; Septicemia/microbiology
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal 1983;24(1):54-58
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, a rare human pathogen, was repeatedly isolated from the blood of a 20-year-old male patient with patent ductus arteriosus who developed subacute bacterial endocarditis. Difficulties in isolating and identifying the organism are discussed. The bacterial isolate was found to be susceptible to various antimicrobial agents.
