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SUBMITTER: Washio Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7470409 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Access microbiology 20190626 8
We report a case with infective endocarditis (IE) due to <i>Cardiobacterium valvarum</i> . The patient was a 57-year-old male, who was referred to our hospital based on suspected IE detected by transthoracic echocardiography at a neighbourhood clinic. Three sets of blood cultures obtained on admission yielded positive results, and revealed rather slender and linear Gram-negative bacilli with a rosette formation that dyed minimally, with a pale white appearance. Although no isolates were identifi ...[more]