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

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Authors	VANĚRKOVÁ Martina ŽALOUDÍKOVÁ Barbora NĚMCOVÁ Eva JURÁNKOVÁ Jana POL Jiří ČERNÝ Jan NĚMEC Petr FREIBERGER Tomáš
Year of publication	2010
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Journal of Medical Microbiology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Field	Immunology
Keywords	Cardiobacterium valvarum; 16S rRNA; PCR
Description	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 the patients in five previously published cases, our patient had neither a congenital bicuspid nor a prosthetic aortic valve. Here, we present a case of C. valvarum native tricuspid aortic valve infective endocarditis and a review of the literature.
Related projects:	Development of diagnostics and treatment of serious heart and vascular diseases using genomic and proteomic approaches