Endocarditis of native aortic and mitral valves due to Corynebacterium accolens: report of a case and application of phenotypic and genotypic techniques for identification.
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.
Claeys
G
G
Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Vanhouteghem
H
H
Riegel
P
P
Wauters
G
G
Hamerlynck
R
R
Dierick
J
J
de Witte
J
J
Verschraegen
G
G
Vaneechoutte
M
M
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal