Fatal case of endocarditis due to Weissella confusa.

ABSTRACT: This is the first reported case of endocarditis due to the Lactobacillus-like vancomycin-resistant gram-positive bacillus Weissella confusa. Full identification and susceptibility testing of Lactobacillus-like organisms recovered in blood culture should be performed for patients with clinical presentations that suggest endocarditis.

SUBMITTER: Flaherty JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC154740 | biostudies-literature | 2003 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature