SEPTICEMIA WITH NEISSERIA-ELONGATA SSP. NITROREDUCENS IN A PATIENT WITH HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHIA

Authors
HOFSTAD T HOPE O FALSEN E
Citation
T. Hofstad et al., SEPTICEMIA WITH NEISSERIA-ELONGATA SSP. NITROREDUCENS IN A PATIENT WITH HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHIA, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 30(2), 1998, pp. 200-201
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365548
Volume
30
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
200 - 201
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(1998)30:2<200:SWNSNI>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Neisseria elongata ssp. nitroreducens, a commensal of the human upper respiratory tract, is a newly recognized cause of endocarditis. We rep ort the isolation of the organism from blood cultures of a 30-y-old ma n with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. The patient was succes sfully treated with benzylpenicillin and netilmicin in combination, fo llowed by ceftriaxone and amoxicillin.