Publications

erratum for alberti et al., antimicrobial susceptibilities of abiotrophia defectiva, granulicatella adiacens, and granulicatella elegans.		2016	27217443
differential antimicrobial susceptibilities of granulicatella adiacens and abiotrophia defectiva.	mics of 25 abiotrophia defectiva and 109 granulicatella adiacens isolates were determined by broth microdilution. using clsi breakpoints, the susceptibilities of a. defectiva and g. adiacens isolates were, respectively, 24% and 34% to penicillin, 92% and 22% to ceftriaxone, 48% and 3% to cefepime, 72% and 87% to meropenem, 92% and 10% to cefotaxime, 100% and 97% to levofloxacin, 92% and 80% to clindamycin, and 24% and 50% to erythromycin. all isolates were susceptible to vancomycin. in the penic ...	2016	27216060
(18)f-fdg-pet scanning confirmed infected intracardiac device-leads with abiotrophia defectiva.	abiotrophia species are relatively slow growing pathogens, which may be present as commensal flora. however, invasive infections are frequently reported, like endocarditis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, and many other types of infection. in this case report we describe a 65-year-old male patient with an intracardiac device- (icd-) lead infection caused by abiotrophia defectiva. diagnosis was confirmed by (18)f-fdg-pet scanning. this is remarkable, since abiotrophia defectiva is a slow growing ...	2016	27110408
infective endocarditis due to abiotrophia defectiva and granulicatella spp. complicated by infectious intracranial cerebral aneurysms: a report of three cases and review of the literature.	nutritionally variant streptococci, now classified as abiotrophia defectivaor granulicatella spp., are thought to account for 2 % of all infective endocarditis cases but estimates of their frequency are complicated by changes in nomenclature and difficulties in obtaining positive microbiology cultures. their growth characteristics and difficulty undertaking antibiotic susceptibility testing may impede optimal antibiotic treatment decisions. we describe three patients with definite infective endo ...	2016	27046228
ecomment. challenges in approaching infective endocarditis caused by abiotrophia defectiva.		2016	26708568
infective endocarditis with atypical clinical feature and relapse by abiotrophia defectiva.	a case of infective endocarditis caused by an uncommon agent abiotrophia defectiva with atypical manifestations is presented. a 42-year-old woman previously had rheumatic heart disease, presented with the symptoms of fever and chills that resolved within 3 days under antibiotherapy. she was diagnosed with endocarditis due to a. defectiva. despite culture-directed antibiotics being administered in the first admission, her symptoms and also blood culture growth relapsed 3 weeks later. she was succ ...	2017	28373788