title: Actinomyces naeslundii: An Uncommon Cause of Endocarditis.
abstract: Actinomyces rarely causes endocarditis with 25 well-described cases reported in the literature in the past 75 years. We present a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) caused by Actinomyces naeslundii. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of endocarditis due to this organism and the second report of PVE caused by Actinomyces.
authors.affiliation: The Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, Flushing, NY 11355, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Cortes
authors.affiliation: The Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, Flushing, NY 11355, USA ; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.affiliation: The Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, Flushing, NY 11355, USA.
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turett