title: Infective endocarditis caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum: a case report.
abstract: Arcanobacterium haemolyticum is an organism that commonly causes pharyngitis and wound infections. It does not usually cause systemic invasive disease. The organism presents a difficult diagnostic problem because the Clinical Microbiology laboratory has a propensity to view them as diphtheroid organisms of the Corynebacterium species, thus contaminants or normal flora. We describe a case of a 21-year-old female who had endocarditis with cerebral emboli due to Arcanobacterium haemolyticum. This rare condition is associated with significant mortality and to the best of our knowledge; this is the first successfully treated case of A. haemolyticum endocarditis complicated by embolic phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Queen's Medical Centre, Derby road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK. vanessawong@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Turmezei
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cartmill
authors.forename: Shiu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soo
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055667:Arcanobacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents