ENDOCARDITIS OF NATIVE AORTIC AND MITRAL-VALVES DUE TO CORYNEBACTERIUM ACCOLENS - REPORT OF A CASE AND APPLICATION OF PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFICATION

Authors
CLAEYS G VANHOUTEGHEM H RIEGEL P WAUTERS G HAMERLYNCK R DIERICK J DEWITTE J VERSCHRAEGEN G VANEECHOUTTE M
Citation
G. Claeys et al., ENDOCARDITIS OF NATIVE AORTIC AND MITRAL-VALVES DUE TO CORYNEBACTERIUM ACCOLENS - REPORT OF A CASE AND APPLICATION OF PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFICATION, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(5), 1996, pp. 1290-1292
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
34
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1290 - 1292
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1996)34:5<1290:EONAAM>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Endocarditis of native aortic and mitral valves due to an organism ide ntified as Corynebacterium accolens developed in a 73-year-old patient without predisposing factors. The organism was identified as C. accol ens by biochemical identification, amplified rRNA gene restriction ana lysis, and DNA-DNA hybridization. This is the first case of C. accolen s endocarditis reported, adding to the increasing number of Corynebact erium-related cases of endocarditis.