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SUBMITTER: Uckay I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2828085 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Uçkay Ilker I Rohner Peter P Bolivar Ignacio I Ninet Béatrice B Djordjevic Marina M Nobre Vandack V Garzoni Christian C Schrenzel Jacques J
Emerging infectious diseases 20070801 8
Streptococcus sinensis has been described as a causative organism for infective endocarditis in 3 Chinese patients from Hong Kong. We describe a closely related strain in an Italian patient with chronic rheumatic heart disease. The case illustrates that S. sinensis is a worldwide emerging pathogen. ...[more]