Endocarditis caused by Cardiobacterium valvarum.
A fastidious, gram-negative bacterium was isolated from the blood of a 51-year-old man who had acute infectious endocarditis (IE). Characterization of the organism through phenotypic and genotypic analyses revealed the causative role of Cardiobacterium valvarum. This is the third reported case of IE caused by C. valvarum.
Bothelo
Elisabeth
E
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, CNRS UMS 6020, IFR 48, Centre Hospitalier-Universitaire de La Timone, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France.
Gouriet
Frédérique
F
Fournier
Pierre-Edouard
PE
Roux
Véronique
V
Habib
Gilbert
G
Thuny
Franck
F
Metras
Dominique
D
Raoult
Didier
D
Casalta
Jean-Paul
JP
D044066:Cardiobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S