Endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium hominis.
A case of bacterial endocarditis was caused by Cardiobacterium hominis in a 41-year-old man with mitral and aortic incompetence due to a previous episode of rheumatic fever. The main distinguishing characteristics of C. hominis are described, and the incidence of endocarditis is reviewed. After six weeks of treatment with effective bactericidal chemotherapy a microbiological cure was achieved and the patient successfully underwent mitral valve replacement and aortic valve plication.
D000328:Adult; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male