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Erysopelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis

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A case ofErysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis involving the aortic and mitral valves in a 70-year-old male farmer is reported. The onset of infection was insidious, with a five-month history of low grade fever, malaise and a 20 kg weight loss. The patient eventually developed severe heart failure requiring surgery and died postoperatively ofPseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. In vitro studies showed the isolate to be highly susceptible to penicillin, ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin, and resistant to vancomycin.

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  1. Patologia Medica III, Università La Sápienza, Padiglione VII, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161, Rome, Italy

    M. Venditti, V. Gelfusa, F. Castelli, C. Brandimarte & P. Serra

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Venditti, M., Gelfusa, V., Castelli, F. et al. Erysopelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 9, 50–52 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01969536

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