Mitral endocarditis due to Rothia aeria with cerebral haemorrhage and femoral mycotic aneurysms, first French description

R Collarino; U Vergeylen; C Emeraud; G Latournèrie; N Grall; H Mammeri; D Messika-Zeitoun; D Vallois; Y Yazdanpanah; F-X Lescure; A Bleibtreu

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.06.004

Mitral endocarditis due to Rothia aeria with cerebral haemorrhage and femoral mycotic aneurysms, first French description

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Jun 11:13:40-2. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.06.004. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, University Hospital Bichat-Claude Bernard, APHP, Paris, France.
² Cardiology Departments, University Hospital Bichat-Claude Bernard, APHP, Paris, France.
³ Bacteriology Departments, University Hospital Bichat-Claude Bernard, APHP, Paris, France.

Abstract

Rothia aeria is a Rothia species from the Micrococcaceae family. We report here the first French R. aeria endocarditis complicated by brain haemorrhage and femoral mycotic aneurysms. Altogether, severity and antimicrobial susceptibility should make us consider the management of R. aeria endocarditis as Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-susceptible endocarditis.

Keywords: Infective endocarditis; Rothia aeria; Rothia dentocariosa; mycotic aneurysm; neurological involvement.

Publication types

Case Reports