Open AccessEndocarditis Caused by Cardiobacterium valvarum
Author(s) -
Elisabeth Bothelo,
Frédérique Gouriet,
PierreEdouard Fournier,
Véronique Roux,
Gilbert Habib,
Franck Thuny,
D Métras,
Didier Raoult,
JeanPaul Casalta
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.44.2.657-658.2006
Subject(s) - endocarditis , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , cardiology
A fastidious, gram-negative bacterium was isolated from the blood of a 51-year-old man who had acute infectious endocarditis (IE). Characterization of the organism through phenotypic and genotypic analyses revealed the causative role of Cardiobacterium valvarum. This is the third reported case of IE caused by C. valvarum.
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