A case of Leclercia adecarboxylata endocarditis in a woman with endometrial cancer.
Leclercia adecarboxylata, a motile, gram-negative bacillus of the enterobacteriaceae family, is rarely recovered as a pathogen. We report an exceptionally rare case of L. adecarboxylata endocarditis complicated by embolization of the kidney and spleen in a 48-year-old woman with endometrial cancer. After 4 weeks of antimicrobial treatment, she recovered without sequelae.
Lee
Bora
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Cardiovascular center, Section of Infectious disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sir
Jung-Ju
JJ
Park
Sung-Won
SW
Kwak
Cheol-Hoon
CH
Kim
Sang-Min
SM
Kim
Seong-Beom
SB
Kwak
Yee Gyung
YG
Whang
Dong Hee
DH
Cho
Wook Hyun
WH
Choi
Suk-Koo
SK
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply; D008875:Middle Aged; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000209:etiology