Ann Lab Med.  2015 Nov;35(6):654-656. 10.3343/alm.2015.35.6.654.

The First Case of Concurrent Infective Endocarditis and Spondylitis Caused by Streptococcus tigurinus

• Kim B
• Huh HJ
• Chung DR
• Kim WS
• Ki CS
• Lee NY

• KMID: 2363273
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2015.35.6.654

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Acupuncture Therapy
Aged
DNA/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
Echocardiography
Endocarditis/*diagnosis/microbiology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics/metabolism
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Spondylitis/*diagnosis/microbiology
Streptococcus/*genetics/isolation & purification
DNA
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Streptococcus tigurinus on blood agar plate: whitish-gray pinpoint colonies with alpha-hemolysis were observed (A). Streptococcus tigurinus in gram-stained peripheral blood samples (× 1,000) (B).

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