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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2004, p. 3371-3373, Vol. 42, No. 7
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.3371-3373.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis Due to Ochrobactrum anthropi: Case Report

M. P. Romero Gómez,1* A. M. Peinado Esteban,2 J. A. Sobrino Daza,2 J. A. Sáez Nieto,3 D. Alvarez,3 and P. Peña García1

Department of Microbiology and Parasitology,1 Department of Cardiology, La Paz University Hospital Paseo de la Castellana, 28046 Madrid,2 Department of Bacteriología, CNM, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain3

Received 12 November 2003/ Returned for modification 7 January 2004/ Accepted 3 March 2004

We describe a case of infective endocarditis in a prosthetic mitral valve due to Ochrobactrum anthropi. Although O. anthropi is an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients, infections with the bacterium have very rarely been documented in healthy hosts, and endocarditis is rare. To our knowledge, only two cases of O. anthropi endocarditis have been reported in the medical literature.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, La Paz University Hospital Paseo de la Castellana, 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain. Phone: 34 91 727 72 48. Fax: 34 91 727 73 72. E-mail: maryfirm2000{at}msn.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2004, p. 3371-3373, Vol. 42, No. 7
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.3371-3373.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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