[Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis. A case report].
We report the case of a Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis causing an acute mitral insufficiency complicated of left heart failure. The patient has been treated after a few days by surgical valvuloplasty. Cardiobacterium hominis is a bacteria of the HACCEK group, bacille gram-negative, sometimes anaerobic, difficult to isolate. Recently, Polymerase Chain Reaction analysis appears to be effective for the the diagnosis in the identification of fastidious micro-organisms like Cardiobacterium hominis. We have reviewed in the literature 71 cases of Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis; clinical presentation is often sub-acute, the bacteriological diagnosis is based on hemocultures for which the culture is slow and require enriched environments. Hemodynamic and thrombo-embolic complications are frequent because of the high pathogenicity of the bacteria which provides big and friable vegetations. Despite a high sensibility to antibiotherapy, surgical intervention is often required.
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Service de médecine polyvalente, centre hospitalier de Dunkerque, avenue Louis Herbeaux, 59240 Dunkerque.
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D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D044066:Cardiobacterium / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology