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Left-Sided Endocarditis Associated with Multi-Drug Resistance Acinetobacter Lwoffii

Ahmadi Hossein نويسنده , Boroumand Mohammad Ali نويسنده , Sotoudeh Anvari Maryam نويسنده , Karimi Abbasali نويسنده , Moshtaghi Naghmeh نويسنده

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Acinetobacter lwoffii, an important nosocomial pathogen, is a gram-negative aerobic bacillus that is a component of the normal flora on the skin, oropharynx, and perineum of about 20-25% of healthy individuals. We herein present a case of a 66-year-old man with combined mitral and aortic valve endocarditis associated with multi-drug resistance acinetobacter lowffii bacteremia. J Teh Univ Heart Ctr 3 (2009) 189-192

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