title: [Native Valve Endocarditis due to Corynebacterium Striatum; Report of a Case].
abstract: We recently encountered a case of native valve endocarditis caused by Corynebacterium striatum (C. striatum) in the absence of immunosuppression and a prosthetic valve. A 49-year-old woman was urgently admitted for disturbance of consciousness and nosebleeds. Careful clinical examination revealed infective endocarditis caused by C. striatum, for which replacement of aortic and mitral valves was performed. The postoperative course was favorable, and we were able to save the patient with no postoperative complications. Detection of C. striatum may be recognized as contamination because this organism is a rare pathogen. However, elderly patients and patients with immunosuppression are rapidly increasing, and it is important to keep C. striatum in mind when Gram-positive bacilli are detected in the clinical examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki Harbor Medical Center City Hospital, Nagasaki.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashizume
authors.forename: Kiyoyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eishi
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanigawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsumaru
mesh_terms: D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged