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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2003, p. 2237-2239, Vol. 41, No. 5
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2237-2239.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Fatal Case of Endocarditis Due to Weissella confusa

James D. Flaherty,1 Paul N. Levett,2 Floyd E. Dewhirst,3 Theodore E. Troe,4 John R. Warren,4* and Stuart Johnson5,6,{dagger}

Departments of Medicine,1 Pathology,4 Infectious Diseases, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University,5 Lakeside Division, Veterans Affairs Chicago Health Care System, Chicago, Illinois,6 Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia,2 Department of Molecular Genetics, Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts3

Received 2 December 2002/ Returned for modification 31 December 2002/ Accepted 25 January 2003

This is the first reported case of endocarditis due to the Lactobacillus-like vancomycin-resistant gram-positive bacillus Weissella confusa. Full identification and susceptibility testing of Lactobacillus-like organisms recovered in blood culture should be performed for patients with clinical presentations that suggest endocarditis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Galter Pavilion 7-132A, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 251 East Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2908. Phone: (312) 926-6949. Fax: (312) 926-4559. E-mail: jwarren{at}nmh.org.

{dagger} Present address: Research Service, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, IL 60141-5115.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2003, p. 2237-2239, Vol. 41, No. 5
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2237-2239.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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