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A CASE OF POLYMICROBIAL INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS INVOLVING NEISSERIA MUCOSA OCCURRING IN AN INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSER
Author(s) -
GILES M. W.,
ANDREW J. H.,
TELLUS M. M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1988.tb01652.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intravenous drug , endocarditis , infective endocarditis , drug abuser , neisseria , respiratory tract , respiratory tract infections , incidence (geometry) , drug , microbiology and biotechnology , respiratory system , surgery , immunology , bacteria , pharmacology , virus , viral disease , biology , physics , optics , genetics
The incidence of polymicrobial endocarditis has increased markedly in recent years, in association with the increasing level of abuse of intravenous drugs. Neisseria mucosa , an upper respiratory tract commensal, is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. We report the first case of polymicrobial infective endocarditis involving Neisseria mucosa occurring in an intravenous drug abuser.