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Detection of Cardiobacterium valvarum in a patient with aortic valve infective endocarditis by broad-range PCR

¹ Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation Brno, Czech Republic;

² Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic

³ E-mail: tomfre{at}cktch.cz

Received May 19, 2009
Accepted September 24, 2009

Cardiobacterium valvarum, a fastidious gram-negative bacterium, was detected in the aortic valve of a previously healthy 63-year-old man by broad-range PCR and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. In contrast to five previously published cases, our patient had neither congenital bicuspid nor prosthetic aortic valve. Here, we present a case of C. valvarum native tricuspid aortic valve infective endocarditis and a review of the literature.