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Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by a Pasteurella dagmatis-like isolate originating from a patient's cat.

ABSTRACT: Pasteurella species are part of the oral flora of cats and dogs. In humans, they are frequently found in infected animal bite wounds, but invasive infections are rare. This is the first report of prosthetic-valve endocarditis with a Pasteurella dagmatis-like species, which originated from the patient's cat.

SUBMITTER: Strahm C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3421489 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by a Pasteurella dagmatis-like isolate originating from a patient's cat.

Strahm Carol C Goldenberger Daniel D Gutmann Marc M Kuhnert Peter P Graber Peter P

Journal of clinical microbiology 20120606 8

Pasteurella species are part of the oral flora of cats and dogs. In humans, they are frequently found in infected animal bite wounds, but invasive infections are rare. This is the first report of prosthetic-valve endocarditis with a Pasteurella dagmatis-like species, which originated from the patient's cat. ...[more]

PMID: 22675130

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