Open AccessInfective Endocarditis Caused by C. sordellii: The First Case Report from India
Author(s) -
Rama Chaudhry,
Tej Bahadur,
Tanu Sagar,
Sachin Agrawal,
Nazneen Arif,
Sandeep Choudhary,
Nishant Verma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of laboratory physicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-7826
pISSN - 0974-2727
DOI - 10.1055/s-0041-1723750
Subject(s) - infective endocarditis , microbiology and biotechnology , endocarditis , anaerobic bacteria , medicine , clostridium , bacteria , biology , surgery , genetics
Clostridium sordellii is a gram-positive anaerobic bacteria most commonly isolated from skin and soft tissue infection, penetrating injurious and intravenous drug abusers. The exotoxins produced by the bacteria are associated with toxic shock syndrome. We report here a first case of infective endocarditis due to C. sordellii from a female patient with ventricular septal defect from India.