Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis manifesting as bacterial meningitis.
Cardiobacterium hominis is a rare cause of endocarditis, and infection caused by this organism has not been described outside the vascular system. A patient with a congenital bicuspid aortic valve was initially seen with C hominis bacterial meningitis. Septic emboli from an underlying endocarditis were probably the source of the infection.
D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006089:Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*