title: Rothia mucilaginosa prosthetic device infections: a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis.
abstract: Rothia mucilaginosa is increasingly recognized as an emerging opportunistic pathogen associated with prosthetic device infections. Infective endocarditis is one of the most common clinical presentations. We report a case of R. mucilaginosa prosthetic valve endocarditis and review the literature of prosthetic device infections caused by this organism.
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. jackrapong.bruminhent@jeffersonhospital.org
authors: Jackrapong
authors: J
authors: Bruminhent
authors: Mindy J
authors: MJ
authors: Tokarczyk
authors: Donald
authors: D
authors: Jungkind
authors: Joseph A
authors: JA
authors: DeSimone
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008835:Micrococcaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D055815:Young Adult