BrevibacteriumEndocarditis: A First Report | Zendy

Krish. Dass | Zendy; Margo A. Smith | Zendy; Vee J. Gill | Zendy; Steven A. Goldstein | Zendy; Daniel R. Lucey | Zendy

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BrevibacteriumEndocarditis: A First Report

Author(s) -

Krish. Dass,

Margo A. Smith,

Vee J. Gill,

Steven A. Goldstein,

Daniel R. Lucey

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/340984

Subject(s) - endocarditis , medicine , brevibacterium , gentamicin , azithromycin , microbiology and biotechnology , vancomycin , antibiotics , surgery , biology , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , microorganism , genetics

There are few case reports of infections caused by Brevibacterium species, and there have been no previously reported cases of endocarditis caused by any of the 6 known species of Brevibacterium. We report the first case of Brevibacterium endocarditis (caused by Brevibacterium otitidis) in a patient with prosthetic heart valves. The patient responded to 6 weeks of treatment with vancomycin and 2 weeks with gentamicin, and she has been receiving long-term maintenance therapy with oral azithromycin.

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