Infective Endocarditis: A Rare Organism in an Uncommon Setting

Autor:	Rajiv Ananthakrishna, Ravindranath K. Shankarappa, Naveena Jagadeesan, Ravi S. Math, Satish Karur, Manjunath C. Nanjappa
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Vol 2012 (2012)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2090-6625 2090-6633
DOI:	10.1155/2012/307852
Popis:	Facklamia hominis is a rare causative organism of infective endocarditis (IE). Only few cases of infection due to F. hominis have been reported in the literature. We describe a case of IE due to Gram-positive, alpha-haemolytic, catalase-negative coccus F. hominis in an adult patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis. Isolated mitral stenosis is an uncommon valve lesion predisposing to IE. The following paper is being presented to emphasize the possibility of IE due to F. hominis, and laboratories need to be alert of the potential significance in appropriate clinical setting.
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