Abstract
A fastidious, gram-negative bacterium was isolated from the blood of a 51-year-old man who had acute infectious endocarditis (IE). Characterization of the organism through phenotypic and genotypic analyses revealed the causative role of Cardiobacterium valvarum. This is the third reported case of IE caused by C. valvarum.
MeSH terms
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Cardiobacterium / classification
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Cardiobacterium / genetics
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Cardiobacterium / isolation & purification*
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DNA, Ribosomal / analysis
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Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Molecular Sequence Data
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RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
Substances
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DNA, Ribosomal
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RNA, Ribosomal, 16S