Endocarditis caused by Thalassospira sp

Laurène Deconinck; Rémi Gschwind; Marie Petitjean; Signara Gueye; Véronique Leflon-Guibout; Naouale Maataoui; Emilie Rondinaud; Augustin Suard; Katell Gallais; Rainui Richaud; Adeline Fuchs; Bernard Iung; Soleiman Alkhoder; Sophie Ismaël; Julia Herrou; Héloïse Prié; Laurence Armand-Lefèvre; Camille d'Humières; Etienne Ruppé

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01109

Endocarditis caused by Thalassospira sp

IDCases. 2021 Apr 2:24:e01109. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01109. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Laurène Deconinck¹, Rémi Gschwind², Marie Petitjean², Signara Gueye³, Véronique Leflon-Guibout⁴, Naouale Maataoui^{2

3}, Emilie Rondinaud^{2

3}, Augustin Suard⁵, Katell Gallais⁵, Rainui Richaud⁵, Adeline Fuchs⁶, Bernard Iung^{6

7}, Soleiman Alkhoder⁸, Sophie Ismaël¹, Julia Herrou¹, Héloïse Prié¹, Laurence Armand-Lefèvre^{2

3}, Camille d'Humières^{2

3}, Etienne Ruppé^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, F-75018 Paris, France.
² INSERM, Université de Paris, IAME, F-75018 Paris, France.
³ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, F-75018 Paris, France.
⁴ AP-HP, Hôpital Beaujon, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, F-92200 Clichy-la-Garenne, France.
⁵ Centre de Cardiologie du Taaone, BP1640 Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
⁶ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Service de Cardiologie, F-75018 Paris, France.
⁷ INSERM, Université de Paris, LVTS, F75108 Paris, France.
⁸ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque et Vasculaire, F-75018 Paris, France.

Abstract

We report a case of an infective endocarditis caused by a Thalassospira sp. in a 53-year-old man with pre-existing valvular lesions and living in French Polynesia as a fisherman. The strain was identified with DNA-sequecing methods while it was not by mass spectrometry.

Keywords: Infective endocarditis; Nanopore sequencing; Next-Generation Sequencing; Thalassospira.

Publication types

Case Reports