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Nosocomial valve endocarditis due to corynebacterium striatum: a case report

2008; BioMed Central; Volume: 1; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/1757-1626-1-388

1757-1626

Jorge Marull, Pablo A Casares,

Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

Staphylococcus aureus, Coagulase-negative staphylococci, and Enterococci sp. are the usual pathogens involved in nosocomial bacterial endocarditis. Corynebacterium species isolation in blood specimens is usually considered to be a contaminant. We present an interesting case of native mitral valve endocarditis in a 73 year old African American female that was diagnosed days after she was discharged from our institution. The infection was cleared with medical therapy alone.