Using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a rapid and accurate diagnostic tool in infective endocarditis: a case report of a patient with mitral valve infective endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva.

Jon Gitz Holler,Line Kynemund Pedersen,Henrik Calum,Jesper Boye Nielsen,Michael Tvede,Kristian Schønning,Jenny Dahl Knudsen

Using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a rapid and accurate diagnostic tool in infective endocarditis: a case report of a patient with mitral valve infective endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva.

2011

Jon Gitz Holler
Line Kynemund Pedersen
Henrik Calum
Jesper Boye Nielsen
Michael Tvede
Kristian Schønning
Jenny Dahl Knudsen

A case of infective endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva is presented. The use of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a rapid and accurate diagnostic tool in infective endocarditis is discussed.

Keywords:

Mitral valve
Infective endocarditis
Medicine
Endocardial disease
MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry
Abiotrophia defectiva
Pathology
Endocarditis

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