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- Title
A case of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans endocarditis presenting as quadriceps myositis.
- Authors
Reid, Angeline; Liew, Katerina; Stride, Peter; Horvath, Robert; Hunter, Jonathan; Seleem, Mostafa
- Abstract
An 80 year old female was admitted with an eight week history of fever associated with painful swelling of her right thigh, and a long history of poor dentition. Culture of blood stained fluid aspirated from the abscess grew Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) sensitive to ampicillin and cephalosporins. Transoesophageal echocardiography indicated endocarditis. Four weeks treatment with intravenous ceftriaxone and appropriate dental care was followed by full recovery.
- Subjects
ENDOCARDIUM diseases; NONARTICULAR rheumatism; MUSCLE diseases; CEPHALOSPORINS; PEDIATRIC physiology; GROUP dental practice
- Publication
Infectious Disease Reports, 2012, Vol 4, Issue 1, p52
- ISSN
2036-7449
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4081/idr.2012.e14