Endocarditis due to Corynebacterium amycolatum.
Corynebacterium amycolatum, a normal inhabitant of human skin, is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, mycolic acid-free, aerobic or facultative anaerobic bacillus. Since its description in 1988, it has only rarely been associated with infective endocarditis. This paper describes a case of infective endocarditis successfully treated by combination therapy with daptomycin and rifampicin. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of C. amycolatum endocarditis from the USA successfully treated with these agents.
Dalal
Aman
A
Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY, USA.
Urban
Carl
C
Department of Microbiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, NY, USA.|Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY, USA.
Segal-Maurer
Sorana
S
Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, NY, USA.|Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY, USA.
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents