PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jobanputra, R S
AU  - Moysey, J
TI  - Endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium hominis.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.30.11.1033
DP  - 1977 Nov 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 1033--1036
VI  - 30
IP  - 11
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/30/11/1033.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/30/11/1033.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1977 Nov 01; 30
AB  - A case of bacterial endocarditis was caused by Cardiobacterium hominis in a 41-year-old man with mitral and aortic incompetence due to a previous episode of rheumatic fever. The main distinguishing characteristics of C. hominis are described, and the incidence of endocarditis is reviewed. After six weeks of treatment with effective bactericidal chemotherapy a microbiological cure was achieved and the patient successfully underwent mitral valve replacement and aortic valve plication.