Fatal bioprosthetic aortic valve endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium valvarum

Walter Geissdörfer; René Tandler; Christian Schlundt; Michael Weyand; Werner G Daniel; Christoph Schoerner

doi:10.1128/JCM.00400-07

Fatal bioprosthetic aortic valve endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium valvarum

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jul;45(7):2324-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00400-07. Epub 2007 May 2.

Authors

Walter Geissdörfer¹, René Tandler, Christian Schlundt, Michael Weyand, Werner G Daniel, Christoph Schoerner

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. walter.geissdoerfer@mikrobio.med.uni-erlangen.de

Abstract

Cardiobacterium valvarum was isolated from the blood of a 71-year-old man with fatal aortic valve endocarditis. The API NH system was used for phenotypic characterization of the C. valvarum strain. This is the first case of infective endocarditis caused by C. valvarum in Germany and the first case worldwide affecting a prosthetic valve and lacking an obvious dental focus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Cardiobacterium / isolation & purification*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Fatal Outcome
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Heart Valve Prosthesis / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis
Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Associated data

GENBANK/DQ645464