Affiliation:
1. Department of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
Abstract
We describe the first case of prosthetic valve endocarditis due to a Streptomyces sp. The patient presented with fever, cutaneous embolic lesions, and bacteremia 3 months after aortic valve replacement. Treatment required valve replacement and a long course of parenteral imipenem.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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