title: Endocarditis caused by Cardiobacterium valvarum.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, CNRS UMS 6020, IFR 48, Centre Hospitalier-Universitaire de La Timone, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bothelo
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gouriet
authors.forename: Pierre-Edouard
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thuny
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Metras
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Casalta
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S