Infective endocarditis due to Leptotrichia buccalis: a case report.
- 15 February 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Vol. 130 (4), 422-4
Abstract
A patient with Down's syndrome presented with infective endocarditis due to Leptotrichia buccalis. The source of the infection was not detected, but the predisposing factor was a complex cardiac malformation. The disease followed a subacute course, had a number of immunologic manifestations and was successfully treated with a 28-day course of penicillin G, given intravenously. L. buccalis has never been reported before as a cause of endocarditis.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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