Corynebacterium striatum first reported case of prosthetic valve endocarditis.
We describe the case of a prosthetic valve endocarditis in a 72-year-old woman. Corynebacterium striatum was isolated in the blood samples. This organism has been described in a few cases of native valve endocarditis, but this is the first case reported of prosthetic valve endocarditis.
de Arriba
J J
JJ
Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital General, Albacete, Spain.
Blanch
J J
JJ
Mateos
F
F
Martínez-Alfaro
E
E
Solera
J
J
D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans