title: Fatal bioprosthetic aortic valve endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium valvarum.
abstract: Cardiobacterium valvarum was isolated from the blood of a 71-year-old man with fatal aortic valve endocarditis. The API NH system was used for phenotypic characterization of the C. valvarum strain. This is the first case of infective endocarditis caused by C. valvarum in Germany and the first case worldwide affecting a prosthetic valve and lacking an obvious dental focus.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. walter.geissdoerfer@mikrobio.med.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Geissdörfer
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tandler
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schlundt
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weyand
authors.forename: Werner G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schoerner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044066:Cardiobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents