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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2006, p. 657-658, Vol. 44, No. 2
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.2.657-658.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Endocarditis Caused by Cardiobacterium valvarum

Elisabeth Bothelo,1 Frédérique Gouriet,1 Pierre-Edouard Fournier,1 Véronique Roux,1 Gilbert Habib,2 Franck Thuny,2 Dominique Metras,3 Didier Raoult,1 and Jean-Paul Casalta1*

Laboratoire de Microbiologie, CNRS UMS 6020, IFR 48, Centre Hospitalier-Universitaire de La Timone, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France,1 Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Timone, Marseille, France,2 Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Timone, Marseille, France3

Received 30 May 2005/ Returned for modification 1 August 2005/ Accepted 7 November 2005

A fastidious, gram-negative bacterium was isolated from the blood of a 51-year-old man who had acute infectious endocarditis (IE). Characterization of the organism through phenotypic and genotypic analyses revealed the causative role of Cardiobacterium valvarum. This is the third reported case of IE caused by C. valvarum.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, CNRS UMS 6020, IFR 48, Centre Hospitalier-Universitaire de La Timone, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France. Phone: 33 (0)4 42 88 66 19. Fax: 33 (0)4 42 88 62 03. E-mail: jean-paul.casalta{at}wanadoo.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2006, p. 657-658, Vol. 44, No. 2
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.2.657-658.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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