First report of endocarditis caused by a Pseudoclavibacter species

Hélène Pailhoriès; Carole Lemarié; Catherine Quinqueneau; Matthieu Eveillard; Christophe Baufreton; Frédéric Rouleau; Chetaou Mahaza; Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou; Marie Kempf

doi:10.1128/JCM.01388-14

First report of endocarditis caused by a Pseudoclavibacter species

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Sep;52(9):3465-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01388-14. Epub 2014 Jul 2.

Authors

Hélène Pailhoriès¹, Carole Lemarié¹, Catherine Quinqueneau¹, Matthieu Eveillard¹, Christophe Baufreton², Frédéric Rouleau³, Chetaou Mahaza¹, Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou¹, Marie Kempf⁴

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé-PBH, Angers, France.
² Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Cardiopulmonary Bypass Unit, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France.
³ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France.
⁴ Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé-PBH, Angers, France [email protected].

Abstract

We describe the first case of Pseudoclavibacter species endocarditis in a 44-year-old patient. This genus, rarely isolated from humans, confirms here its role as a human pathogen.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Actinomycetales / classification
Actinomycetales / isolation & purification*
Actinomycetales Infections / diagnosis*
Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology
Adult
Cluster Analysis
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Humans
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

GENBANK/KJ662671