Native valve Bacillus cereus endocarditis in a non-intravenous-drug-abusing patient

Benjamin S Thomas; Matthew J Bankowski; William K K Lau

doi:10.1128/JCM.00657-11

Native valve Bacillus cereus endocarditis in a non-intravenous-drug-abusing patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Feb;50(2):519-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00657-11. Epub 2011 Nov 23.

Authors

Benjamin S Thomas¹, Matthew J Bankowski, William K K Lau

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. bsthomas@hawaii.edu

Abstract

Bacillus cereus is a rare cause of endocarditis, typically associated with intravenous drug abuse, rheumatic heart disease, prosthetic heart valves, pacemakers, or immunodeficiency. We present the first case of native valve Bacillus cereus endocarditis with no apparent risk factors. The patient had a fulminant course requiring emergent valve replacement.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacillus cereus / isolation & purification*
Echocardiography
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Humans
Male