Endocarditis due to  Chryseobacterium meningosepticum

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Year : 2007 | Volume : 25 | Issue : 2 | Page : 161-162

Endocarditis due to Chryseobacterium meningosepticum

K Bomb¹, A Arora¹, N Trehan²
¹ Departments of Microbiology, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, Okhla Road, New Delhi - 110 025, India
² Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, Okhla Road, New Delhi - 110 025, India

Correspondence Address:
A Arora
Departments of Microbiology, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, Okhla Road, New Delhi - 110 025
India

DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.32728

PMID: 17582192

Chryseobacterium meningosepticum is a gram negative rod widely distributed in nature. It is known to cause meningitis in neonates and premature infants. Adult infections are not common and are usually nosocomially acquired. We report an unusual case of native valve endocarditis in a 58-year-old man due to this organism. A high degree of suspicion and correct identification and sensitivity testing is required to diagnose infections by this rare isolate.

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