Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis manifesting as bacterial meningitis

Arch Intern Med. 1983 Jul;143(7):1483-4. doi: 10.1001/archinte.143.7.1483.

Abstract

Cardiobacterium hominis is a rare cause of endocarditis, and infection caused by this organism has not been described outside the vascular system. A patient with a congenital bicuspid aortic valve was initially seen with C hominis bacterial meningitis. Septic emboli from an underlying endocarditis were probably the source of the infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology*
  • Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis / diagnosis
  • Meningitis / etiology*