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Polymicrobial endocarditis involving Veillonella parvula in an intravenous drug user: case report and literature review of Veillonella endocarditis

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Dr. Francisco Chávez, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology of Hospital Universitario “12 de Octubre”, for performing the molecular identification of the strain. Mario Fernández-Ruiz holds a research-training contract “Río Hortega” (CM11/00187) from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Competitiveness (Instituto de Salud Carlos III).

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Instituto de Investigación Hospital “12 de Octubre” (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

    M. A. Pérez-Jacoiste Asín, I. Serrano-Navarro & S. Prieto-Rodriguez

  2. Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Instituto de Investigación Hospital “12 de Octubre” (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

    M. A. Pérez-Jacoiste Asín, M. Fernández-Ruiz & J. M. Aguado

  3. Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Centro de Actividades Ambulatorias, planta 2ª, bloque D. Avda. de Córdoba, s/n, 28041, Madrid, Spain

    M. A. Pérez-Jacoiste Asín

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Pérez-Jacoiste Asín, M.A., Fernández-Ruiz, M., Serrano-Navarro, I. et al. Polymicrobial endocarditis involving Veillonella parvula in an intravenous drug user: case report and literature review of Veillonella endocarditis. Infection 41, 591–594 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-012-0398-3

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