Cardiobacterium hominis and Cardiobacterium valvarum: Two Case Stories with Infective Episodes in Pacemaker Treated Patients

Tina Bennett Bonavent; Xiaohui Chen Nielsen; Kjeld Skødebjerg Kristensen; Nikolaj Ihlemann; Claus Moser; Jens Jørgen Christensen

doi:10.2174/1874285801610010183

Cardiobacterium hominis and Cardiobacterium valvarum: Two Case Stories with Infective Episodes in Pacemaker Treated Patients

Tina Bennett Bonavent, Xiaohui Chen Nielsen, Kjeld Skødebjerg Kristensen, Nikolaj Ihlemann, Claus Moser, Jens Jørgen Christensen

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INTRODUCTION: Cardiobacterium hominis and Cardiobacterium valvarum are well known, though rare, etiologic agents of infective endocarditis. Cardiac devices are increasingly implanted.

CASE REPORTS: Two cases of infective episodes in pacemaker (PM) treated patients with respectively C. hominis and C. valvarum are presented. In one case blood-culture bottles yielded growth of C. hominis at two episodes with two years apart. At the second episode a vegetation was recognized at the PM lead and the PM device and lead was removed. In the C. valvarum case, echocardiography revealed a bicuspid aortic valve with severe regurgitation and a more than 1 cm sized vegetation.

CONCLUSION: The cases illustrate the diversity in disease severity by Cardiobacterium species. Careful follow up has to be performed in order not to overlook a relatively silent relapsing infection.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	The Open Microbiology Journal
Vol/bind	10
Sider (fra-til)	183-187
Antal sider	5
ISSN	1874-2858
DOI	https://doi.org/10.2174/1874285801610010183
Status	Udgivet - 2016

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