Infective endocarditis due to neisseria elongata

Amit Noheria; Peter W. Anderson; Gino G. Tapia-Zegarra; Larry M. Baddour; Walter R. Wilson

doi:10.1097/IPC.0b013e3181e536de

Infective endocarditis due to neisseria elongata

Amit Noheria, Peter W. Anderson, Gino G. Tapia-Zegarra, Larry M. Baddour, Walter R. Wilson

Division of Cardiology

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Abstract

We present 2 cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Neisseria elongata subspecies nitroreducens and elongata. Neisseria elongata is a fastidious, immotile, oxidase-positive, gram-negative bacillus found in the human oropharyngeal flora that is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. It is distinguished from Kingella kingae, Eikenella corrodens, and other organisms based on extended biochemical testing and 16S recombinant DNA sequencing. We review the literature on N. elongata endocarditis and highlight the similarities between N. elongata and HACEK organisms regarding their biochemical profiles and clinical features of infective endocarditis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	355-358
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
Volume	18
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/IPC.0b013e3181e536de
State	Published - Nov 1 2010

Keywords

HACEK
Neisseria elongata
endocarditis
prosthetic valve

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