TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiobacterium hominis bioprosthetic mitral valve endocarditis presenting as septic arthritis
AU - Apisarnthanarak, Anucha
AU - Johnson, Raymond M.
AU - Braverman, Alan C.
AU - Dunne, William Michael
AU - Little, J. Russell
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We report an unusual case of Cardiobacterium hominis bioprosthetic valve endocarditis presenting as septic arthritis. This remarkable presentation had clinical features consistent with endocarditis generally associated with highly virulent pathogens. A literature search has failed to disclose a report of septic arthiritis as a manifestation of C. hominis endocarditis.
AB - We report an unusual case of Cardiobacterium hominis bioprosthetic valve endocarditis presenting as septic arthritis. This remarkable presentation had clinical features consistent with endocarditis generally associated with highly virulent pathogens. A literature search has failed to disclose a report of septic arthiritis as a manifestation of C. hominis endocarditis.
KW - Bioprosthetic valve endocarditis
KW - Cardiobacterium hominis
KW - Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis
KW - Fastidious microorganism
KW - Septic arthritis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036164202&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00339-X
DO - 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00339-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 11821177
AN - SCOPUS:0036164202
SN - 0732-8893
VL - 42
SP - 79
EP - 81
JO - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
JF - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
IS - 1
ER -