Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Association of Medical Microbiology
Abstract
We report a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by
Cardiobacterium hominis in a patient who had undergone atrial septal
defect closure and mitral valve replacement of the heart in 1978. He
presented with pyrexia of unknown origin and congestive cardiac
failure. Investigations revealed infective endocarditis of prosthetic
valve in mitral portion. Blood culture samples grew C. hominis . The
patient was empirically started on vancomycin and gentamicin
intravenously and ceftriaxone was added after isolation of the
organism. Though subsequent blood cultures were negative, patient
remained in congestive cardiac failure and died due to complications