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- Title
Endocarditis Caused by Nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- Authors
Henriet, Stefanie S V; Langereis, Jeroen D; Lo, Stephanie W; Bentley, Stephen; Mesman, Rob J; Fejzic, Zina; Niftrik, Laura van; Sorge, Nina M van; Wertheim, Heiman F L; Jonge, Marien I de; Cremers, Amelieke J H
- Abstract
The Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule is regarded as indispensable in bacteremia. We report an infant with a ventricular septal defect and infective endocarditis caused by nontypeable S. pneumoniae. In-depth investigation confirmed a deficient capsule yet favored pneumococcal fitness for causing infective endocarditis, rather than a host immune disorder, as the cause of infective endocarditis in this case.
- Subjects
BLOOD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SEROTYPING; FEVER; CELL culture; SEQUENCE analysis; BACTERIAL capsules; STREPTOCOCCAL diseases; RESPIRATORY infections; INFECTIVE endocarditis; DISEASE complications; CHILDREN
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2022, Vol 75, Issue 4, p719
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciac079