TY - JOUR
T1 - Neisseria elongata subsp. elongata, as a cause of human endocarditis
AU - Apisarnthanarak, Anucha
AU - Dunagan, Wm Claiborne
AU - Dunne, Wm Michael
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Neisseria elongata subsp. elongata, previously considered nonpathogenic, is a potential agent of human endocarditis. We report the second case of human endocarditis caused by this organism. The patient was successfully treated with Ceftriaxone alone for a total of six weeks.
AB - Neisseria elongata subsp. elongata, previously considered nonpathogenic, is a potential agent of human endocarditis. We report the second case of human endocarditis caused by this organism. The patient was successfully treated with Ceftriaxone alone for a total of six weeks.
KW - Centers for Disease Control (CDC) group M 6 endocarditis
KW - Endocarditis
KW - Neisseria elongata
KW - Neisseria elongata subsp. elongata
KW - Neisseria species
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034983034&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00233-4
DO - 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00233-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 11404072
AN - SCOPUS:0034983034
SN - 0732-8893
VL - 39
SP - 265
EP - 266
JO - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
JF - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
IS - 4
ER -