Rothia mucilaginosa prosthetic device infections: a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis.

Authors :: Bruminhent J
Tokarczyk MJ
Jungkind D
DeSimone JA Jr
Source :: Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 2013 May; Vol. 51 (5), pp. 1629-32. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Mar 06.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: Rothia mucilaginosa is increasingly recognized as an emerging opportunistic pathogen associated with prosthetic device infections. Infective endocarditis is one of the most common clinical presentations. We report a case of R. mucilaginosa prosthetic valve endocarditis and review the literature of prosthetic device infections caused by this organism.

Subjects :: Actinomycetales Infections diagnosis
Adult
Endocarditis, Bacterial microbiology
Female
Heart Valve Diseases diagnosis
Heart Valve Diseases microbiology
Humans
Male
Micrococcaceae classification
Middle Aged
Opportunistic Infections diagnosis
Opportunistic Infections microbiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections diagnosis
Young Adult
Actinomycetales Infections microbiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial diagnosis
Heart Valve Prosthesis microbiology
Micrococcaceae isolation & purification
Prosthesis-Related Infections microbiology

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