Infective Endocarditis Caused by Brevibacterium sanguinis and a Review of Literature
The Brevibacterium spp. are opportunistic Gram-positive bacilli found in human skin flora and dairy products. Although not generally accepted as human pathogens, the Brevibacterium species are rare causes of infections such as bacteremia, endocarditis, peritonitis, and osteomyelitis, especially in i...
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| author | Özlem AYDEMİR Gökçen ORMANOĞLU İbrahim KOCAYİĞİT Mehmet Şirin YILDIZ Mehmet KÖROĞLU |
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| description | The Brevibacterium spp. are opportunistic Gram-positive bacilli found in human skin flora and dairy products. Although not generally accepted as human pathogens, the Brevibacterium species are rare causes of infections such as bacteremia, endocarditis, peritonitis, and osteomyelitis, especially in immunosuppressive patients, in recent years. Herein, we aimed to report the first case of infective endocarditis caused by Brevibacterium sanguinis in a patient undergoing hemodialysis for chronic renal failure via an indwelling hemodialysis catheter. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0e6f07d799dc46be8ebd4a9a1fabc5d82025-08-20T03:54:29ZengGalenos Publishing HouseMediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials2147-673X2023-10-0112110.4274/mjima.galenos.2023.2023.20Infective Endocarditis Caused by Brevibacterium sanguinis and a Review of LiteratureÖzlem AYDEMİR0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4533-6934Gökçen ORMANOĞLU1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2240-460Xİbrahim KOCAYİĞİT2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8295-9837Mehmet Şirin YILDIZ3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1490-1462Mehmet KÖROĞLU4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8101-1104Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Sakarya, TurkeySakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Sakarya, TurkeySakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Sakarya, TurkeySakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Sakarya, TurkeySakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Sakarya, TurkeyThe Brevibacterium spp. are opportunistic Gram-positive bacilli found in human skin flora and dairy products. Although not generally accepted as human pathogens, the Brevibacterium species are rare causes of infections such as bacteremia, endocarditis, peritonitis, and osteomyelitis, especially in immunosuppressive patients, in recent years. Herein, we aimed to report the first case of infective endocarditis caused by Brevibacterium sanguinis in a patient undergoing hemodialysis for chronic renal failure via an indwelling hemodialysis catheter.https://mjima.org/text.php?&id=386brevibacterium sanguinisinfective endocarditis |
| spellingShingle | Özlem AYDEMİR Gökçen ORMANOĞLU İbrahim KOCAYİĞİT Mehmet Şirin YILDIZ Mehmet KÖROĞLU Infective Endocarditis Caused by Brevibacterium sanguinis and a Review of Literature Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials brevibacterium sanguinis infective endocarditis |
| title | Infective Endocarditis Caused by Brevibacterium sanguinis and a Review of Literature |
| title_full | Infective Endocarditis Caused by Brevibacterium sanguinis and a Review of Literature |
| title_fullStr | Infective Endocarditis Caused by Brevibacterium sanguinis and a Review of Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infective Endocarditis Caused by Brevibacterium sanguinis and a Review of Literature |
| title_short | Infective Endocarditis Caused by Brevibacterium sanguinis and a Review of Literature |
| title_sort | infective endocarditis caused by brevibacterium sanguinis and a review of literature |
| topic | brevibacterium sanguinis infective endocarditis |
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