Cardiobacterium Hominis Endocarditis: A Case Report.
- Author:
Yunsop CHONG
1
;
Tai Sook KIM
;
Samuel Y LEE
;
Won Heum SHIM
;
Bum Koo CHOO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: C. hominis; Endocarditis
- MeSH: Adult; Bacterial Infections/complications*; Case Report; Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial/etiology*; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Human; Male
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal 1985;26(1):78-81
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Cardiobacterium hominis, a fastidious gram-negative bacillus rarely causing endocarditis, was isolated from blood culture of a 41-year-old man with subacute bacterial endocarditis. The patient had undergone an operation of valve replacement 4 years before. Growth of the organism was only detected in 1 of 6 blood cultures after 7 days incubation. The isolate showed typical characteristics of C. hominis, i.e., tear-drop like cells and a weak positive indole reaction. The isolate was susceptible to many antimicrobial agents, but penicillin G and streptomycin therapy failed to cure the disease.
