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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2000, p. 4640-4642, Vol. 38, No. 12
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Apparent Culture-Negative Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Peptostreptococcus magnus

Eric R. van der Vorm,1,* Arjen M. Dondorp,2 Ruud J. van Ketel,1 and Jacob Dankert1

Department of Medical Microbiology1 and Department of Intensive Care,2 Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 10 July 2000/Returned for modification 6 August 2000/Accepted 13 September 2000

In two patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Peptostreptococcus magnus, blood cultures in the BacT/Alert and BACTEC 9240 systems were signal negative. The capability of the BacT/Alert system to detect various Peptostreptococcus species was assessed. P. magnus and P. anaerobius could not be detected, and subcultures remained negative. The growth in conventional media of these two species and other Peptostreptococcus species was similar.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory of Public Health, P.O. Box 30039, 9700 RM Groningen, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 (0) 50-521-5100. Fax: 31 (0) 50-527-1488. E-mail: ervandervorm{at}hotmail.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2000, p. 4640-4642, Vol. 38, No. 12
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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