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Human disease caused by Streptococcus alactolyticus: a case report of native valve infective endocarditis and review of the literature.
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis
October 2020
3rd Department of Medicine, 'Sotiria' Hospital for Chest Diseases, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Streptococcus alactolyticus, a member of the Streptococcus bovis/Streptoccus equinus complex, is primarily hosted in the gastrointestinal tract of animals and rarely of humans, with only scarce reports relating to human disease. We herein present a case of subacute infective endocarditis (IE) caused by S. alactolyticus in a 64-year old male with pre-existing mitral prolapse.
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