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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2009, p. 855-856, Vol. 47, No. 3
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01436-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

First Case of Streptococcus oligofermentans Endocarditis Determined Based on sodA Gene Sequences after Amplification Directly from Valvular Samples{triangledown}

Matta Matta,1,2 Marie Gousseff,1,2 Fabien Monsel,2,3 Claire Poyart,4 Benoît Diebold,2,3 Isabelle Podglajen,1,2,5 and Jean-Luc Mainardi1,2,5*

AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de Microbiologie, Paris, France,1 Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Paris, France,2 AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de Cardiologie, Paris, France,3 AP-HP, Hôpital Cochin, Centre National de Référence des Streptocoques, Université Paris Descartes, INSERM 567, Paris, France,4 UMR S 872 Equipe 12, Laboratoire de Recherche Moléculaire sur les Antibiotiques, Centre de Recherche Biomédical des Cordeliers, Paris, Université Paris Descartes et Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France5

Received 26 July 2008/ Returned for modification 26 September 2008/ Accepted 23 December 2008

We report the first case of infection due to Streptococcus oligofermentans, which is a recently described oral Streptococcus species. It was responsible for the endocarditis and left forearm abscess of a 43-year-old woman. Identification was made using molecular techniques performed directly from valvular and surgical samples.

* 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 30 December 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2009, p. 855-856, Vol. 47, No. 3
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01436-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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