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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1187-1189, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1187-1189.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Endocarditis Due to Kytococcus schroeteri: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Basma Mnif,1 Inès Boujelbène,1 Fouzia Mahjoubi,1 Radouane Gdoura,1 Imen Trabelsi,3 Sana Moalla,1 Imed Frikha,2 Samir Kammoun,3 and Adnane Hammami1*

Laboratoire de Microbiologie, CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax 3029, Tunisia,1 Service de chirurgie cardio-vasculaire, CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax 3029, Tunisia,2 Service de cardiologie, CHU Hedi Chaker, Sfax 3029, Tunisia3

Received 16 October 2005/ Returned for modification 13 November 2005/ Accepted 29 December 2005

We report the third case of endocarditis caused by the newly described micrococcal species Kytococcus schroeteri. A 49-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with suspected prosthetic valve endocarditis. Five blood cultures and prosthetic valve cultures grew the same type of organism, initially identified as Micrococcus sp. Assignment to the genus Kytococcus was suggested by the arginine dihydrolase activity and resistance to oxacillin. After sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes, the isolate was recognized as K. schroeteri. The patient was treated first with vancomycin combined with gentamicin and later with pristinamycin and rifampin. Three cases of K. schroeteri endocarditis described within a short period of time might indicate a specific pathogenicity of this new species. The isolation of kytococci from normally sterile sites should not be overlooked.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Habib Bourguiba Hospital, Elfardaous Street, Sfax 3029, Tunisia. Phone: 216 74 456450. Fax: 216 74 246217. E-mail: adnene.hammami{at}rns.tn.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1187-1189, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1187-1189.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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