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KMID : 0882420100780020257
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2010 Volume.78 No. 2 p.257 ~ p.260
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A case of Haemophilus aphrophilus native valve endocarditis
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Jang Yun-Mi
Kee Sae-Yoon
Kim Byum-Sung
Kim Young-Baek
Ahn Soo-Young
Chio Yong-Hoon
Ki Hyun-Kyun
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Abstract
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Haemophilus aphrophilus, a fastidious, gram-negative oropharyngeal species grouped as a HACEK organism, is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. Three cases of endocarditis with Haemophilus aphrophilus were reported in Korea, and all of them required valve replacement surgery. We describe a case of native valve infective endocarditis with cerebral embolism and infarction caused by Haemophilus aphrophilus in a 61-year-old woman who was successfully treated with antibiotic therapy for 6 weeks without valve replacement surgery.
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KEYWORD
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Haemophilus aphrophilus, Infective endocarditis, Embolism
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