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A Very Uncommon Case of Infective Endocarditis

1Internal Medicine Resident, MD, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

2Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, MD, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2020, Vol. 8 No. 10, 348-349
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-8-10-7
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Zain AlShanableh, Pimen Kurashvili, Jehad Azar, Basel Altaqi. A Very Uncommon Case of Infective Endocarditis. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2020; 8(10):348-349. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-8-10-7.

Correspondence to: Zain  AlShanableh, Internal Medicine Resident, MD, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA. Email: zain.alshanableh@hotmail.com

Abstract

Acinetobacter is a gram-negative coccobacillus associated with various hospital-acquired infections and community-acquired infections including pneumonia as well as urinary tract, skin, and soft tissue infections. Acinetobacter is a rare cause of infective endocarditis reported mainly in hospitalized patients with risk factors, and typically presents with severe disease.

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