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J Med Microbiol 57 (2008), 525-527; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47496-0
© 2008 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

Achromobacter xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans prosthetic aortic valve infective endocarditis and aortic root abscesses

S. van Hal, D. Stark, D. Marriott and J. Harkness

Department of Microbiology, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst 2010, NSW Sydney, Australia

Correspondence
S. van Hal
vanhal{at}gotalk.net.au

Received 5 July 2007
Accepted 3 December 2007

We report a case of prosthetic valve infective endocarditis and aortic root abscesses caused by Achromobacter xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans. The patient was an intravenous drug user and had injected amphetamines using ‘duck pond water’ as a diluent. After surgical intervention and 6 weeks of intravenous meropenem therapy, the patient made an uneventful recovery.

Abbreviations: AV, aortic valve.






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