title: Streptococcus cristatus isolated from a resected heart valve and blood cultures: case reports and application of phenotypic and genotypic techniques for identification.
abstract: Viridans streptococci are known as an important cause of endocarditis, but at present no cases of endocarditis caused by Streptococcus cristatus have been published, probably because phenotypic identification of viridans streptococci is tedious. Using tDNA-PCR, it is possible to identify to species level and to differentiate between species of the viridans group.
authors.affiliation: Dienst Klinische Chemie, Microbiologie en Immunologie, Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Gent, België. charlottematthys@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matthys
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Claeys
authors.forename: Gerda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verschraegen
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vogelaers
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Baere
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verhelst
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Nooten
authors.forename: Rudy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van Coster
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaneechoutte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D034361:Streptococcus mitis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D034363:Viridans Streptococci / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial