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. 1991 May;29(5):1056–1057. doi: 10.1128/jcm.29.5.1056-1057.1991

Unusual case of Aeromonas hydrophila endocarditis.

K R Ong 1, E Sordillo 1, E Frankel 1
PMCID: PMC269934  PMID: 1905319

Abstract

We describe a case of Aeromonas hydrophila endocarditis in a 66-year-old man with myelodysplastic syndrome and non-A, non-B hepatitis, The infection resolved with antibiotic therapy, but the patient succumbed to complications of his underlying illness. This is the second case of Aeromonas endocarditis reported in the world literature.

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