Neisseria mucosus Endocarditis Following Drug Abuse: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Connie L. Davis; Mark Towns; William L. Henrich; Kenneth Melby

doi:10.1001/archinte.1983.00350030197038

Neisseria mucosus Endocarditis Following Drug Abuse: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Connie L. Davis
, Mark Towns
, William L. Henrich
, Kenneth Melby

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Abstract

A 30-year-old man with drug addiction had endocarditis due to Neisseria mucosus. The infection was successfully treated with ampicillin sodium. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of N mucosus endocarditis associated with intravenous drug abuse.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	583-585
Number of pages	3
Journal	Archives of Internal Medicine
Volume	143
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1983.00350030197038
State	Published - Mar 1983

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