Corynebacterium minutissimum endocarditis: a case report and review.
We present a rare case of infectious endocarditis in a 40-year old male with native valve, caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum. The diagnosis was established with transesophageal echocardiogram. The patient was managed successfully with antibiotic therapy.
Aperis
George
G
Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Gray-Jackson Building, GRJ-516, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. gaperis@yahoo.com
Moyssakis
Ioannis
I
D000328:Adult; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male