[Cardiobacterium hominis septicemia (author's transl)]

Sem Hop. 1981 Jan;57(3-4):178-80.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report a case of septicemia due to Cardiobacterium Hominis. This commensal germ of the respiratory system is rarely the cause of pathologic diseases. All the organic manifestations described are included in endocarditis due to Cardiobacterium Hominis but the above mentioned observation is characterized by the absence of endocarditis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sepsis / diagnosis
  • Sepsis / drug therapy
  • Sepsis / microbiology*