title: Corynebacterium striatum: an emerging nosocomial drug-resistant endocardial pathogen.
abstract: Endocarditis due to Corynebacterium striatum has been rarely reported. A 78-year-old patient developed pacemaker endocarditis caused by multidrug-resistant C. striatum, complicated by vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess. Daptomycin therapy successfully eradicated the bacteremia and metastatic infection. A review of the English literature on this emerging nosocomial, multidrug-resistant pathogen is included.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases (Department of Internal Medicine), Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. mlfernandez@fjd.es
authors.forename: Manuel L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fernández Guerrero
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Robles
authors.forename: Maria del Carmen
authors.initials: Mdel C
authors.lastname: Nogales
authors.forename: Débora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nuevo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D003428:Cross Infection; D017576:Daptomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015299:Discitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011859:Radiography; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017576:Daptomycin