Fatal bioprosthetic aortic valve endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium valvarum.
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.
Geissdörfer
Walter
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Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. walter.geissdoerfer@mikrobio.med.uni-erlangen.de
Tandler
René
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Schlundt
Christian
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Weyand
Michael
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Daniel
Werner G
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Schoerner
Christoph
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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*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents