title: Nonsurgical management of mitral valve endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium valvarum in a patient with a ventricular septal defect.
abstract: Cardiobacterium valvarum is a relatively novel agent of infective endocarditis. We describe the first case of infective endocarditis due to this pathogen in the Asian Pacific. This case is unique in its involvement of the mitral valve as well as its clinical resolution exclusively resulting from treatment with antibiotics without resorting to valve replacement/explantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore. drsaugata@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Saugata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: Florante Santos
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Isais
authors.forename: Cheng Chuan
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044066:Cardiobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012846:Singapore; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S