Infective endocarditis following urinary tract infection caused by Globicatella sanguinis

Saeko Takahashi; Chieko Xu; Tetsuya Sakai; Kotaro Fujii; Morio Nakamura

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2017.12.001

Infective endocarditis following urinary tract infection caused by Globicatella sanguinis

IDCases. 2017 Dec 5:11:18-21. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2017.12.001. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Saeko Takahashi¹, Chieko Xu¹, Tetsuya Sakai¹, Kotaro Fujii², Morio Nakamura¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital, Japan.
² Division of Clinical Microbiology, Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital, Japan.

Abstract

We report the first case of infective endocarditis following urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by Globicatella sanguinis in an 87-year-old Japanese woman with recurrent episodes of UTI. We identified the pathogen using the Rapid ID32 Strep system. Accurate identification of this infection is important and essential for the effective antimicrobial coverage to this pathogen.

Keywords: 16S rRNA sequencing; Globicatella sanguinis; Infective endocarditis; Rapid ID 32 strep; Urinary tract infection.