Subacute bacterial endocarditis due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Report of a case with a review of the literature.
A case of subacute bacterial endocarditis due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is reported. The patient was successfully treated first by a combination of gentamicin and ampicillin and then, because of severe allergic reactions, ampicillin was replaced by co-trimoxazole; symptoms did not recur and blood cultures remained sterile. A synoptic table is presented of 19 reported cases of infection caused by A. actinomycetemcomitans not connected with actinomycosis, with particular regard to their clinical features, treatment, and outcome.
D000188:Actinobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000189:Actinobacillus Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D004698:Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged