%0 Journal Article
%T Bacteroides fragilis endocarditis: a case report and review of literature
%A Rodrigues
%A Cristhieni
%A Siciliano
%A Rinaldo Focaccia
%A Zeigler
%A Rogerio
%A Strabelli
%A Tania Mara Varej£¿o
%J Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
%D 2012
%I Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
%R 10.1590/S1413-86702012000100020
%X endocarditis due to bacteroides fragilis is a rare disorder. this article describes a case of bacteroides fragilis endocarditis associated with portal and superior mesenteric venous thrombosis in a patient without preexisting valvular heart disease and review the cases of endocarditis due to this anaerobic bacterium in medical literature since 1980.
%K endocarditis
%K bacteroides fragilis
%K gram-negative anaerobic bacteria.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1413-86702012000100020&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en