ANTIBACTERIAL EFFICACY OF CIPROFLOXACIN IN A CASE OF ENDOCARDITIS DUETO CARDIOBACTERIUM-HOMINIS

Authors
VOGT K KLEFISCH F HAHN H SCHMUTZLER H
Citation
K. Vogt et al., ANTIBACTERIAL EFFICACY OF CIPROFLOXACIN IN A CASE OF ENDOCARDITIS DUETO CARDIOBACTERIUM-HOMINIS, Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, 281(1), 1994, pp. 80-84
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Virology
Journal title
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
09348840
Volume
281
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
80 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-8840(1994)281:1<80:AEOCIA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium hominis is rare and may be treated with a variety of antibiotics. We isolated the bacteria from blood cu ltures of a patient with Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis who coul d be successfully treated with ciprofloxacin. The bacterial features o f Cardiobacterium hominis are presented, and susceptibility to ciprofl oxacin is documented with bacterial killing curves employing peak and trough specimens of patient's serum.