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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2007, p. 2324-2326, Vol. 45, No. 7
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00400-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Fatal Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis Due to Cardiobacterium valvarum{triangledown}

Walter Geißdörfer,1* René Tandler,2 Christian Schlundt,3 Michael Weyand,2 Werner G. Daniel,3 and Christoph Schoerner1

Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene,1 Center of Cardiac Surgery,2 Department of Internal Medicine 2 (Cardiology), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany3

Received 21 February 2007/ Returned for modification 3 April 2007/ Accepted 23 April 2007

Cardiobacterium valvarum was isolated from the blood of a 71-year-old man with fatal aortic valve endocarditis. The API NH system was used for phenotypic characterization of the C. valvarum strain. This is the first case of infective endocarditis caused by C. valvarum in Germany and the first case worldwide affecting a prosthetic valve and lacking an obvious dental focus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Wasserturmstrasse 3, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. Phone: 49-9131-852-2647. Fax: 49-9131-852-1001. E-mail: walter.geissdoerfer{at}mikrobio.med.uni-erlangen.de

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 2 May 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2007, p. 2324-2326, Vol. 45, No. 7
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00400-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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