title: [Endocarditis due to Granulicatella adiacens].
abstract: METHODS
  A prosthetic aortic valve was implanted in a 41-year-old patient with connatal aortic stenosis. 14 months later a bacterial endocarditis was diagnosed and treated with ceftriaxone. 6 weeks later he had a relapse. Satellite streptococci could be cultivated from three blood cultures, later identified as Granulicatella adiacens. The patient was treated with penicillin and gentamicin.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a short review of the literature the most important aspects of pathogenesis, diagnostics and therapy of endocarditis due to satellite streptococci are presented.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Diagnostik Oderland, Am Kleistpark 1, 15230 Frankfurt an der Oder.
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schwede
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Handrick
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henrichs
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Linss
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berthold
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000382:microbiology; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000382:microbiology; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D012008:Recurrence; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D005839:Gentamicins; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D010400:Penicillin G