Relapsing endocarditis caused by Enterococcus faecalis forming small colony variants

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Authors	BENEŠ Jiří DŽUPOVÁ Olga ŠETINA Marek FEUEREISL Rudolf ŠVEC Pavel PANTŮČEK Roman
Year of publication	2013
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Disease
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00365548.2013.800227
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00365548.2013.800227
Field	Microbiology, virology
Keywords	Small colony variants; Enterococcus faecalis; infective endocarditis; relapsing infection
Attached files	PDF_PLUS.pdf
Description	Small colony variants (SCVs) are subpopulations of a bacterial strain that differ in morphology, growth rate, metabolism, and antibiotic sensitivity from the parent line. They are associated with chronic and diffi cult-to-treat infections. SCV endocarditis is very rare and usually associated with intracardiac devices. Herein, we report a case of endocarditis caused by SCV-forming Enterococcus faecalis that affected the native heart without any known predisposition.
Related projects:	Molekulární průkaz a analýza invazivních kmenů small colony variants (SCV) a rezistentních kmenů S. aureus od pacientů s cystickou fibrózou Centrum experimentální biomedicíny