title: Infective endocarditis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae involving three native valves.
abstract: Human infection with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is extremely rare and occupationally related. This paper presents for the first time a case of a 47 year-old male with endocarditis involving three valves simultaneously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical University in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. walkaz@poczta.fm
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomaszuk-Kazberuk
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamińska
authors.forename: Bożena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sobkowicz
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirnle
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prokop
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lewczuk
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sawicki
authors.forename: Włodzimierz
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Musiał
mesh_terms: D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004888:Erysipelothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004889:Erysipelothrix Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged