title: A case of Ochrobactrum anthropi-induced septic shock and infective endocarditis.
abstract: Ochrobactrum anthropi is a gram-negative rod of low virulence. Infections due to this organism are uncommon; however in immunocompromised hosts it can cause severe infections. Among the many infections it can cause, infective endocarditis is very rare. Even rarer is infective endocarditis of the native valves, as Ochrobactrum antropi affects damaged or prosthetic valves almost exclusively. This case describes native valve endocarditis due to Ochrobactrum anthropi. [Full article available at http://rimed.org/rimedicaljournal-2016-07.asp, free with no login].
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Resident, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island/ Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
authors.forename: Farhan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ashraf
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation; D003956:Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020621:Ochrobactrum anthropi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Ochrobactrum anthropi; infective endocarditis; sepsis