title: Acute infective endocarditis caused by Delftia acidovorans, a rare pathogen complicating intravenous drug use.
abstract: Gram-negative bacilli causing infective endocarditis (IE) is rare, even in intravenous drug users. This case report underscores several clinically important aspects of Delftia acidovorans IE: the organism's ability to cause rapid destruction of normal native valves and to cause embolic occlusion of large arteries and its resistance to all aminoglycosides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: Saima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.forename: Kent E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Timothy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Overman
authors.forename: Malkanthie I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: McCormick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D020605:Delftia acidovorans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents