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ENDOCARDITIS CAUSED BY CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS
Author(s) -
BRUUN B.,
BUCH J.,
KIRKEGAARD E.,
BJÆLDAGER P.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series b: microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0180
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1983.tb00054.x
Subject(s) - fastidious organism , endocarditis , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , bacteria , biology , genetics
Two cases of endocarditis caused by Cardiobacterium hominis are reported. There were no unusual clinical features of endocarditis in the patients except for the extensive valvular damage present at time of hospitalization. Properties which distinguish C. hominis from other fastidious, gram negative rods are oxidase and catalase reactions, indole production and carbohydrate fermentation pattern.