Polymerase chain reaction amplification as a diagnostic tool in culture-negative multiple-valve endocarditis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report a case of culture-negative infectious endocarditis in a 17-year-old boy in which the etiologic diagnosis could only be provided by polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene from valve tissue.
Medical subject headings
- Endocarditis, Bacterial
- Heart Valve Diseases
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Streptococcal Infections
- Viridans Streptococci