A Case Report of Cardiobacterium hominis Endocarditis in a Pregnant Woman
| Autor: | G Anitha, Apurba Sankar Sastry, D Sarumathi, Rajeev Thilak C, R Deepashree |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Fastidious organism
medicine.medical_specialty Eikenella corrodens Infectious Disease 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease_cause 03 medical and health sciences hacek group 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system Internal medicine medicine Internal Medicine Endocarditis Blood culture biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry infective endocarditis General Engineering biology.organism_classification medicine.disease cardiobacterium hominis Viridans streptococci Staphylococcus aureus Infective endocarditis Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery business Cardiobacterium hominis 030217 neurology & neurosurgery maldi-tof |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infrequent endovascular disease, which can result in significant mortality and morbidity. Staphylococcus aureus and viridans streptococci remain the most common etiological agent. Cardiobacterium hominis, a member of the HACEK (Haemophilus species, Aggregatibacter species, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella species) group of fastidious gram-negative bacillus, is a part of normal upper respiratory flora and a rare cause implicated in IE. Cases of Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis are being increasingly reported in last few years due to advancement in automated blood culture system such as BacT/ALERT Virtuo® and identification system such as MALDI-TOF MS (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry). We herein report a first case of Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis in a pregnant woman at 20 weeks of gestation. Following spontaneous abortion and evacuation of the fetus, appropriate surgical intervention under heparinized condition and pathogen-directed medical intervention was initiated in this patient. This case report highlights the importance of appropriate antimicrobial therapy, which augments earlier resolution of the disease. |
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