RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium hominis.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 1033
OP 1036
DO 10.1136/jcp.30.11.1033
VO 30
IS 11
A1 Jobanputra, R S
A1 Moysey, J
YR 1977
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/30/11/1033.abstract
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.