Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Endocarditis with Root Abscess in a Patient with a Bicuspid Aortic Valve | Zendy

Guillaume Coutance | Zendy; Fabien Labombarda | Zendy; Arnaud Pellissier | Zendy; Damien Legallois | Zendy; M. Hamon | Zendy; Christophe Bachelet | Zendy; Olivier Lepage | Zendy

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Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Endocarditis with Root Abscess in a Patient with a Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Author(s) -

Guillaume Coutance,

Fabien Labombarda,

Arnaud Pellissier,

Damien Legallois,

M. Hamon,

Christophe Bachelet,

Olivier Lepage

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

heart international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.183

H-Index - 12

eISSN - 2036-2579

pISSN - 1826-1868

DOI - 10.4081/hi.2009.e5

Subject(s) - medicine , bicuspid aortic valve , endocarditis , abscess , capnocytophaga , aortic valve , surgery , biology , bacteria , genetics

Infective endocarditis caused by a zoonotic micro organism is a rare clinical condition. Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a commensal bacterium living in the saliva of dogs and cats which produces rarely reported endocarditis whose incidence may be underestimated, considering its failure to grow on standard media. We reported the case of a 65-year-old man with bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis and multiple abscesses of the aortic wall caused by the canine bacteria C. canimorsus

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