TY - JOUR
T1 - Endocarditis with Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm Caused by Cardiobacterium valvarum sp. nov.
AU - Han, Xiang Y.
AU - Meltzer, Michelle C.
AU - Woods, Joan T.
AU - Fainstein, Victor
PY - 2004/4
Y1 - 2004/4
N2 - A fastidious gram-negative bacterium was isolated from the blood of a 37-year-old man who had insidious endocarditis with a sudden rupture of a cerebral aneurysm. Characterization of the organism through phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses revealed a novel species of Cardiobacterium, for which the name Cardiobacterium valvarum sp. nov. is proposed. C. valvarum will supplement the current sole species Cardiobacterium hominis, a known cause of endocarditis. Surgeries and antibiotic treatment cured the patient's infection and associated complications. During cardiac surgery, a congenital bicuspid aortic valve was found to be the predisposing factor for his endocarditis.
AB - A fastidious gram-negative bacterium was isolated from the blood of a 37-year-old man who had insidious endocarditis with a sudden rupture of a cerebral aneurysm. Characterization of the organism through phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses revealed a novel species of Cardiobacterium, for which the name Cardiobacterium valvarum sp. nov. is proposed. C. valvarum will supplement the current sole species Cardiobacterium hominis, a known cause of endocarditis. Surgeries and antibiotic treatment cured the patient's infection and associated complications. During cardiac surgery, a congenital bicuspid aortic valve was found to be the predisposing factor for his endocarditis.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1590-1595.2004
DO - 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1590-1595.2004
M3 - Article
C2 - 15071009
AN - SCOPUS:1942532135
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 42
SP - 1590
EP - 1595
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 4
ER -