Infective endocarditis is a severe disease with high morbidity rate. Cardiobacterium hominis (CH) is a member of the HACEK group of microorganisms. We show the case of a man of 56 years with infective endocarditis on a native mitral valve, sustained by C. hominis. The relevance of this case is based on the fact that infections sustained by CH, even if not so frequent (about 1–3% of all cases), are a possible cause of infective endocarditis with important clinical consequences.
Cardiobacterium hominis and endocarditis. Rare but important clinical relevance.
IOPPOLO, ANNA MARIAConceptualization
;MORABITO, CLAUDIAWriting – Review & Editing
;D'AMICO, GESSICAInvestigation
;TAORMINA, ANTONIOInvestigation
;SORACI, EMMANUELEInvestigation
;DATTILO, GIUSEPPE
Supervision
2018-01-01
Abstract
Infective endocarditis is a severe disease with high morbidity rate. Cardiobacterium hominis (CH) is a member of the HACEK group of microorganisms. We show the case of a man of 56 years with infective endocarditis on a native mitral valve, sustained by C. hominis. The relevance of this case is based on the fact that infections sustained by CH, even if not so frequent (about 1–3% of all cases), are a possible cause of infective endocarditis with important clinical consequences.File in questo prodotto:
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