Tricuspid valve endocarditis caused by a new species of actinomyces: Actinomyces funkei.
We present a case of tricuspid valve endocarditis in a 40-y-old woman with a history of heroin abuse. Blood cultures yielded a Gram-positive rod, preliminarily identified as "Actinomyces turicensis-like", but subsequently formally described as Actinomyces funkei sp. nov. The patient was cured by prolonged treatment with 10 weeks of i.v. antibiotics followed by oral antibiotic treatment for 12 weeks.
Westling
Katarina
K
Department of Infectious Diseases, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lidman
Christer
C
Thalme
Anders
A
D000190:Actinomyces / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents