This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Han, X. Y. Articles by Fainstein, V. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Han, X. Y. Articles by Fainstein, V.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2004, p. 1590-1595, Vol. 42, No. 4
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1590-1595.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Endocarditis with Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm Caused by Cardiobacterium valvarum sp. nov.

Section of Clinical Microbiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center,¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030²

Received 6 August 2003/ Returned for modification 10 September 2003/ Accepted 21 December 2003

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.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Geissdorfer, W., Tandler, R., Schlundt, C., Weyand, M., Daniel, W. G., Schoerner, C. (2007). Fatal Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis Due to Cardiobacterium valvarum. J. Clin. Microbiol. 45: 2324-2326 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Gatselis, N., Malli, E., Papadamou, G., Petinaki, E., Dalekos, G. N. (2006). Direct Detection of Cardiobacterium hominis in Serum from a Patient with Infective Endocarditis by Broad-Range Bacterial PCR. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44: 669-672 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Foster, G., Malnick, H., Lawson, P. A., Kirkwood, J., MacGregor, S. K., Collins, M. D. (2005). Suttonella ornithocola sp. nov., from birds of the tit families, and emended description of the genus Suttonella. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55: 2269-2272 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Han, X. (2005). Cardiobacterium valvarum Endocarditis. ANN INTERN MED 143: 614-614 [Full Text]  
• Han, X. Y., Falsen, E. (2005). Characterization of Oral Strains of Cardiobacterium valvarum and Emended Description of the Organism. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43: 2370-2374 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• (2004). Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54: 1425-1426 [Abstract] [Full Text]