Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Neisseria skkuensis, a novel Neisseria species.
We describe the first reported case of endocarditis due to Neisseria skkuensis. The organism from the blood cultures taken on admission day was identified initially as unidentified Gram-negative cocci by Vitek2. Finally, it was identified as Neisseria skkuensis by 16 rRNA gene sequence analysis.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Skungyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
So Yeon
SY
Park
Seung Ji
SJ
Kang
Eun-Jeong
EJ
Joo
Young Eun
YE
Ha
Jin Yang
JY
Baek
Yu Mi
YM
Wi
Cheol-In
CI
Kang
Doo Ryeon
DR
Chung
Kyong Ran
KR
Peck
Nam Young
NY
Lee
Jae-Hoon
JH
Song
D000328:Adult; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009343:Neisseria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S