title: Endocarditis of native aortic and mitral valves due to Corynebacterium accolens: report of a case and application of phenotypic and genotypic techniques for identification.
abstract: Endocarditis of native aortic and mitral valves due to an organism identified as Corynebacterium accolens developed in a 73-year-old patient without predisposing factors. The organism was identified as C. accolens by biochemical identification, amplified rRNA gene restriction analysis, and DNA-DNA hybridization. This is the first case of C. accolens endocarditis reported, adding to the increasing number of Corynebacterium-related cases of endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Claeys
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vanhouteghem
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riegel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamerlynck
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dierick
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Witte
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verschraegen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaneechoutte
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal