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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2009, p. 503-504, Vol. 47, No. 2
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00707-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Case of Indolent Endocarditis Due to Pseudomonas stutzeri with Genetic Evidence of Relapse after 4 Years{triangledown}

David Grimaldi,1,3 Isabelle Podglajen,1,3,4 Agnès Aubert,1 Annie Buu-Hoï,1,3 Benoit Diebold,2,3 and Jean-Luc Mainardi1,3,4*

Service de Microbiologie,1 Service de Cardiologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France,2 Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Paris, France,3 UMR S 872—Equipe 12, Laboratoire de Recherche Moléculaire sur les Antibiotiques, Centre de Recherche Biomédical des Cordeliers, Université Paris Descartes, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France4

Received 14 April 2008/ Returned for modification 16 October 2008/ Accepted 19 November 2008

Pseudomonas stutzeri, a gram-negative bacterium, is a common inhabitant of soil and water. We report an unusual case of a relapse of infective endocarditis due to P. stutzeri 4 years after the initial episode. The identity of the strains was proven by genomic analysis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Microbiologie, Unité Mobile de Microbiologie Clinique, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 20 rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France. Phone: 33 1 56 09 39 51. Fax: 33 1 56 09 24 46. E-mail: jean-luc.mainardi{at}hop.egp.ap-hop-paris.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 3 December 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2009, p. 503-504, Vol. 47, No. 2
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00707-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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