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
Copyright © 2020 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: 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.comAbstract
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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