Nontoxinogenic corynebacterium diphtheriae as a rare cause of native endocarditis in childhood

David Schnell; Constance Beyler; Fanny Lanternier; Hugues Lucron; David Lebeaux; Emmanuelle Bille; Damien Bonnet; Olivier Lortholary; Xavier Nassif; Jean-Ralph Zahar; Fanny Bajolle

doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3181de74ee

Nontoxinogenic corynebacterium diphtheriae as a rare cause of native endocarditis in childhood

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Sep;29(9):886-8. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181de74ee.

Authors

David Schnell¹, Constance Beyler, Fanny Lanternier, Hugues Lucron, David Lebeaux, Emmanuelle Bille, Damien Bonnet, Olivier Lortholary, Xavier Nassif, Jean-Ralph Zahar, Fanny Bajolle

Affiliation

¹ Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de médecine-Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, France.

PMID: 20495509
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181de74ee

Abstract

We report a pediatric case of negative blood culture pulmonary valve endocarditis caused by a nontoxinogenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae biotype gravis and review the literature on this disease.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Bacterial Typing Techniques
Child, Preschool
Corynebacterium diphtheriae / isolation & purification*
Diphtheria Toxin / biosynthesis*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Female
Humans

Substances

Diphtheria Toxin