Cardiobacterium hominis and endocarditis. Rare but important clinical relevance

• Published in: Cor et vasa (English ed.) Vol. 60; no. 5; pp. e497 - e499
• Main Authors: Ioppolo, Annamaria, Morabito, Claudia, D’Amico, Gessica, Taormina, Antonio, Soraci, Emmanuele, Dattilo, Giuseppe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Sp. z o.o 01-10-2018
• Subjects: AV block; Cardiac implantable electronic device; Cardiobacterium hominis; Cardiovascular; Infective endocarditis; Severe mitral regurgitation; TTE; HACEK; CH; transthoracic echocardiography; infective endocarditis; Haemophilus spp., Aggregatibacter spp., Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella kingae; TEE; AV block; Cardiac implantable electronic device; transesophageal echocardiography; IE; CH infective endocarditis; CHIE; Severe mitral regurgitation; Cardiobacterium hominis; Infective endocarditis
• ISSN: 0010-8650; 1803-7712
• DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2017.05.002

Abstract Infective endocarditis is a severe disease with high morbidity rate. Cardiobacterium hominis (CH) is a member of the HACEK group of microorganisms. We show the case of a man of 56 years with infective endocarditis on a native mitral valve, sustained by C. hominis . The relevance of this case is based on the fact that infections sustained by CH, even if not so frequent (about 1–3% of all cases), are a possible cause of infective endocarditis with important clinical consequences.