Cor Vasa 2018, 60(5):e497-e499 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2017.05.002

Cardiobacterium hominis and endocarditis. Rare but important clinical relevance

Annamaria Ioppolo, Claudia Morabito, Gessica D'Amico, Antonio Taormina, Emmanuele Sorace, Giuseppe Dattilo^*

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy

Infective endocarditis is a severe disease with high morbidity rate. Cardiobacterium hominis (CH) is a member of the HACEK group of microorganisms. We show the case of a man of 56 years with infective endocarditis on a native mitral valve, sustained by Cardiobacterium hominis. The relevance of this case is based on the fact that infections sustained by CH, even if not so frequent (about 1-3% of all cases), are a possible cause of infective endocarditis with important clinical consequences.

Keywords: AV block; Cardiac implantable electronic device; Cardiobacterium hominis; Infective endocarditis; Severe mitral regurgitation

Received: April 15, 2017; Accepted: May 2, 2017; Published: October 1, 2018  Show citation