Native Valve Endocarditis due to Ralstonia pickettii: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Case Rep Infect Dis 2015;
2015:324675. [PMID:
25648998 PMCID:
PMC4306225 DOI:
10.1155/2015/324675]
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Abstract
Ralstonia pickettii is a rare pathogen and even more rare in healthy individuals. Here we report a case of R. pickettii bacteremia leading to aortic valve abscess and complete heart block. To our knowledge this is the first case report of Ralstonia species causing infective endocarditis with perivalvular abscess.
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