A case of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans endocarditis presenting as quadriceps myositis

• Main Authors: Angeline Reid (Author), Katerina Liew (Author), Peter Stride (Author), Robert Horvath (Author), Jonathan Hunter (Author), Mostafa Seleem (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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An 80 year old female was admitted with an eight week history of fever associated with painful swelling of her right thigh, and a long history of poor dentition. Culture of blood stained fluid aspirated from the abscess grew Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) sensitive to ampicillin and ceph...