TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiobacterium hominis and Cardiobacterium valvarum
T2 - Two case stories with infective episodes in pacemaker treated patients
AU - Bonavent, Tina Bennett
AU - Nielsen, Xiaohui Chen
AU - Kristensen, Kjeld Skødebjerg
AU - Ihlemann, Nikolaj
AU - Moser, Claus
AU - Christensen, Jens Jørgen
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Introduction: Cardiobacterium hominis and Cardiobacterium valvarum are well known, though rare, etiologic agents of infective endocarditis. Cardiac devices are increasingly implanted. Case Reports: Two cases of infective episodes in pacemaker (PM) treated patients with respectively C. hominis and C. valvarum are presented. In one case blood-culture bottles yielded growth of C. hominis at two episodes with two years apart. At the second episode a vegetation was recognized at the PM lead and the PM device and lead was removed. In the C. valvarum case, echocardiography revealed a bicuspid aortic valve with severe regurgitation and a more than 1 cm sized vegetation. Conclusion: The cases illustrate the diversity in disease severity by Cardiobacterium species. Careful follow up has to be performed in order not to overlook a relatively silent relapsing infection.
AB - Introduction: Cardiobacterium hominis and Cardiobacterium valvarum are well known, though rare, etiologic agents of infective endocarditis. Cardiac devices are increasingly implanted. Case Reports: Two cases of infective episodes in pacemaker (PM) treated patients with respectively C. hominis and C. valvarum are presented. In one case blood-culture bottles yielded growth of C. hominis at two episodes with two years apart. At the second episode a vegetation was recognized at the PM lead and the PM device and lead was removed. In the C. valvarum case, echocardiography revealed a bicuspid aortic valve with severe regurgitation and a more than 1 cm sized vegetation. Conclusion: The cases illustrate the diversity in disease severity by Cardiobacterium species. Careful follow up has to be performed in order not to overlook a relatively silent relapsing infection.
KW - Antibiotic treatment
KW - Cardiac device
KW - Cardiobacterium hominis
KW - Cardiobacterium valvarum
KW - Infective endocarditis
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U2 - 10.2174/1874285801610010183
DO - 10.2174/1874285801610010183
M3 - Article
C2 - 28077974
AN - SCOPUS:85007425236
SN - 1874-2858
VL - 10
SP - 183
EP - 187
JO - Open Microbiology Journal
JF - Open Microbiology Journal
ER -