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Abiotrophia defectiva: A rare gut pathogen resulting endocarditis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Yu Jun Wong, Jamie Bee Xian Tan, Maciej Piotr Chlebicki, Brian John Schwender.

Abstract
Abiotrophia defectiva (formerly referred to as nutritionally variant Streptococcus) is a normal flora of the human gastrointestinal tract. Abiotrophia defectiva is associated with high morbidity and mortality, yet timely diagnosis is challenging. Higher incidence of endocarditis was reported among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from a retrospective study. We highlighted the diagnostic and management challenges of a case of rare subacute endocarditis by Abiotrophia defectiva in an IBD patient without predisposing valvular defect, prior central catheter insertion or intravenous drug abuse, suggesting gut translocation as a possible etiology of infective endocarditis among IBD patients. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2017; 7(4):217-219

Key words: Endocarditis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis


 
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Yu Jun Wong, Jamie Bee Xian Tan, Maciej Piotr Chlebicki, Brian John Schwender. Abiotrophia defectiva: A rare gut pathogen resulting endocarditis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017; 7(4): 217-219 . doi:10.5799/jmid.369281


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Yu Jun Wong, Jamie Bee Xian Tan, Maciej Piotr Chlebicki, Brian John Schwender. Abiotrophia defectiva: A rare gut pathogen resulting endocarditis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. https://www.jmidonline.org/?mno=302657369 [Access: February 02, 2024]. doi:10.5799/jmid.369281


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Yu Jun Wong, Jamie Bee Xian Tan, Maciej Piotr Chlebicki, Brian John Schwender. Abiotrophia defectiva: A rare gut pathogen resulting endocarditis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017; 7(4): 217-219 . doi:10.5799/jmid.369281



Vancouver/ICMJE Style

Yu Jun Wong, Jamie Bee Xian Tan, Maciej Piotr Chlebicki, Brian John Schwender. Abiotrophia defectiva: A rare gut pathogen resulting endocarditis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Microbiol Infect Dis. (2017), [cited February 02, 2024]; 7(4): 217-219 . doi:10.5799/jmid.369281



Harvard Style

Yu Jun Wong, Jamie Bee Xian Tan, Maciej Piotr Chlebicki, Brian John Schwender (2017) Abiotrophia defectiva: A rare gut pathogen resulting endocarditis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Microbiol Infect Dis, 7 (4), 217-219 . doi:10.5799/jmid.369281



Turabian Style

Yu Jun Wong, Jamie Bee Xian Tan, Maciej Piotr Chlebicki, Brian John Schwender. 2017. Abiotrophia defectiva: A rare gut pathogen resulting endocarditis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 7 (4), 217-219 . doi:10.5799/jmid.369281



Chicago Style

Yu Jun Wong, Jamie Bee Xian Tan, Maciej Piotr Chlebicki, Brian John Schwender. "Abiotrophia defectiva: A rare gut pathogen resulting endocarditis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 7 (2017), 217-219 . doi:10.5799/jmid.369281



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Yu Jun Wong, Jamie Bee Xian Tan, Maciej Piotr Chlebicki, Brian John Schwender. "Abiotrophia defectiva: A rare gut pathogen resulting endocarditis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 7.4 (2017), 217-219 . Print. doi:10.5799/jmid.369281



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Yu Jun Wong, Jamie Bee Xian Tan, Maciej Piotr Chlebicki, Brian John Schwender (2017) Abiotrophia defectiva: A rare gut pathogen resulting endocarditis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 7 (4), 217-219 . doi:10.5799/jmid.369281