A Case of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Cerebral Hemorrhage Caused by Rothia mucilaginosa
- Title
- A Case of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Cerebral Hemorrhage Caused by Rothia mucilaginosa
- Other Titles
- 뇌출혈을 동반한 Rothia mucilaginosa 인공판막 심내막염
- Author
- 김봉영
- Keywords
- Cerebral hemorrhage; Infective endocarditis; Prosthetic valve; Rothia mucilaginosa
- Issue Date
- 2020-12
- Publisher
- 대한임상미생물학회
- Citation
- Annals of Clinical Microbiology, v. 23, no. 4, page. 271-276
- Abstract
- Rothia spp. are aerobic, gram-positive cocci belonging to the family Micrococcaceae, and are a part of the normal microbial flora of the human oropharynx and upper respiratory tract. We present the first case of the prosthetic valve endocarditis with cerebral hemorrhage caused by Rothia mucilaginosa in South Korea. A 65-year-old man with a prosthetic aortic valve visited the outpatient clinic with a complaint of fever. R. mucilaginosa was identified in one among four sets of blood culture bottles obtained on the on day 30 of fever onset. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed multiple micro-hemorrhages suggesting septic emboli in both the hemispheres, corticomedullary junctions, and cerebellum. Rothia spp. should be considered as a possible pathogen in the cases of infective endocarditis with intracranial hemorrhage.
- URI
- https://www.acm.or.kr/article_aws/?num=20200006https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/174978
- ISSN
- 2288-0585; 2288-6850
- DOI
- 10.5145/ACM.2020.23.4.6
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- COLLEGE OF MEDICINE[S](의과대학) > MEDICINE(의학과) > Articles
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