Granulicatella elegans native valve infective endocarditis: case report and review.
Granulicatella elegans is a fastidious organism that is rarely implicated as a cause of infective endocarditis. Here, we describe a patient with mitral valve prolapse who developed G. elegans endocarditis. The organism was isolated from blood cultures and the patient had mitral valvuloplasty and repair, and completed a course of 6 weeks of intravenous antibiotics with no sequela.
Al-Tawfiq
Jaffar A
JA
Internal Medicine Services Division, PO Box 76, Dhahran Health Center, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia. jaffar.tawfiq@aramco.com
Kiwan
Ghassan
G
Murrar
Haithem
H
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D003470:Culture Media; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003470:Culture Media