title: Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas luteola.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pseudomonas luteola has been recognized as an uncommon cause of bacteremia and of infections in patients with underlying medical disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  We isolated P. luteola from blood cultures in a patient with prosthetic valve endocarditis developed 16 months after cardiac surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  P. luteola is a rare opportunistic agent, with a propensity of infecting valvular prostheses.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, IFR 48, Centre Hospitalier-Universitaire de La Timone, 264 rue Saint Pierre, Marseille, France. jean-paul.casalta@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Casalta
authors.forename: Pierre-Edouard
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Riberi
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents