TY - JOUR
T1 - Infective endocarditis
T2 - A rare organism in an uncommon setting
AU - Ananthakrishna, Rajiv
AU - Shankarappa, Ravindranath K
AU - Jagadeesan, Naveena
AU - Math, Ravi S
AU - Karur, Satish
AU - Nanjappa, Manjunath C
PY - 2012/12/2
Y1 - 2012/12/2
N2 - Facklamia hominis is a rare causative organism of infective endocarditis (IE). Only few cases of infection due to F. hominis have been reported in the literature. We describe a case of IE due to Gram-positive, alpha-haemolytic, catalase-negative coccus F. hominis in an adult patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis. Isolated mitral stenosis is an uncommon valve lesion predisposing to IE. The following paper is being presented to emphasize the possibility of IE due to F. hominis, and laboratories need to be alert of the potential significance in appropriate clinical setting.
AB - Facklamia hominis is a rare causative organism of infective endocarditis (IE). Only few cases of infection due to F. hominis have been reported in the literature. We describe a case of IE due to Gram-positive, alpha-haemolytic, catalase-negative coccus F. hominis in an adult patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis. Isolated mitral stenosis is an uncommon valve lesion predisposing to IE. The following paper is being presented to emphasize the possibility of IE due to F. hominis, and laboratories need to be alert of the potential significance in appropriate clinical setting.
U2 - 10.1155/2012/307852
DO - 10.1155/2012/307852
M3 - Article
C2 - 23320210
SN - 2090-6633
VL - 2012
SP - 307852
JO - Case reports in infectious diseases
JF - Case reports in infectious diseases
ER -