Open AccessInfective Endocarditis by Aggregatibacter paraphrophilus : Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s) -
Shilpa Sood
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/5794.3617
Subject(s) - infective endocarditis , endocarditis , medicine , haemophilus , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics
Aggregatibacter paraphrophilus (former name, Haemophilus paraphrophilus) is a normal inhabitant of the naso- and oropharynx and has been rarely reported as a cause of human infections. A case of infective endocarditis by this organism is being reported and literature of endocarditis cases caused by Aggregatibacter paraphrophilus is being reviewed.