1.
Arq. bras. cardiol
;
116(5): 1023-1026, nov. 2021. graf
Artigo
em Inglês, Português
| LILACS
| ID: biblio-1248891
2.
Korean Journal of Medicine
;
: 720-723, 2010.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-108492
RESUMO
Infective endocarditis due to Neisseria elongata subsp. nitroreducens occurs infrequently. In this report, we describe a case of infective endocarditis caused by N. elongata subsp. nitroreducens in a patient with a prosthetic heart valve. A 55-year-old woman presented with complaints of fever and headache that she had been experiencing over the course of 4 weeks. Transesophageal echocardiography showed vegetation on the prosthetic mitral valve. A blood culture isolate was confirmed as N. elongata subsp. nitroreducens using biochemical characterization and DNA sequencing of 16S rRNA. The clinical manifestations improved with medical treatment.