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Streptococcus cristatus isolated from a resected heart valve and blood cultures: case reports and application of phenotypic and genotypic techniques for identification.

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Matthys, Charlotte Claeys, Geert Verschraegen, Gerda Wauters, Georges [UCL] Vogelaers, Dirk Vaneechoutte, Mario

BACKGROUND: Viridans streptococci are known as an important cause of endocarditis, but at present no cases of endocarditis caused by Streptococcus cristatus have been published, probably because phenotypic identification of viridans streptococci is tedious. Using tDNA-PCR, it is possible to identify to species level and to differentiate between species of the viridans group.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Case Reports, Journal Article
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2006
Journal information "Acta clinica Belgica" - Vol. 61, no. 4, p. 196-200 (2006)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 0001-5512
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - MD/MIGE - Département de microbiologie, d'immunologie et de génétique
MESH Subject Adult ; Bacteremia - microbiology ; Bacterial Typing Techniques ; Child, Preschool ; DNA, Bacterial - analysis ; Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology ; Female ; Heart Valves - microbiology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Phenotype ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Streptococcus mitis - isolation & purification ; Viridans Streptococci - classification - isolation & purification
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Bibliographic reference Matthys, Charlotte ; Claeys, Geert ; Verschraegen, Gerda ; Wauters, Georges ; Vogelaers, Dirk ; et. al. Streptococcus cristatus isolated from a resected heart valve and blood cultures: case reports and application of phenotypic and genotypic techniques for identification.. In: Acta clinica Belgica, Vol. 61, no. 4, p. 196-200 (2006)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/25671