Endocarditis due to Acinetobacter lwoffi on native mitral valve

Int J Cardiol. 1999 Apr 30;69(1):97-9. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5273(99)00006-6.

Abstract

Endocarditis due to Acinetobacter is a rare pathology with high mortality, reported mainly in hospitalized patients with predisposing risk factors. This is the second case of endocarditis due to Acinetobacter reported in our country in the last 10 years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections* / diagnosis
  • Acinetobacter Infections* / epidemiology
  • Adult
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / epidemiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / microbiology*
  • Spain / epidemiology