PREVOTELLA-BIVIA AS AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF ENDOCARDITIS

A case of monomicrobial endocarditis due to Prevotella bivia in a 60-y ear-old man without previous cardiac lesions is reported. The extremel y indolent course with multiple systemic emboli as the only clinical m anifestation occurring at least seven months before diagnosis and the persistently negative blood cultures were remarkable features of this case. The incidence, clinical characteristics, treatment and outcome o f published cases of infective endocarditis due to anaerobic bacteria are briefly reviewed.