@article{article_369281, title={Abiotrophia defectiva: A Rare Gut Pathogen Resulting Endocarditis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease}, journal={Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases}, volume={07}, pages={217–219}, year={2017}, DOI={10.5799/jmid.369281}, author={Wong, Yu Jun and Tan, Bee Xian and Chlebicki, Maciej Piotr and Schwender, Brian John}, keywords={Endocarditis,inflammatory bowel disease,ulcerative colitis}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"> <i> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-us">Abiotrophia defectiva </span> </i> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-us"> (formerly referred to as nutritionally variant Streptococcus)
is a normal flora of the human gastrointestinal tract. <i>Abiotrophia defectiva </i> 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 <i>Abiotrophia
defectiva </i> 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. <i>J Microbiol Infect Dis 2017; 7(4):217-219 </i> </span> </p> <p> <i> </i> </p> <i> </i>}, number={04}, publisher={Aydın ECE}