Bacteroides fragilis endocarditis: a case report and review of literature


Autoria(s): Rodrigues, Cristhieni; Siciliano, Rinaldo Focaccia; Zeigler, Rogerio; Strabelli, Tania Mara Varejão
Contribuinte(s)

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

04/11/2013

04/11/2013

2012

Resumo

Endocarditis due to Bacteroides fragilis is a rare disorder. This article describes a case of Bacteroides fragilis endocarditis associated with portal and superior mesenteric venous thrombosis in a patient without preexisting valvular heart disease and review the cases of endocarditis due to this anaerobic bacterium in medical literature since 1980.

Identificador

Braz J Infect Dis,v.16,n.1,p.100-104,2012

1413-8670

http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/39727

10.1590/S1413-86702012000100020

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000100020&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1413-86702012000100020&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&pid=S1413-86702012000100020&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases

Relação

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Direitos

openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Endocarditis #Bacteroides fragilis #Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria
Tipo

article

original article