Native valve endocarditis due to Gordonia polyisoprenivorans: case report and review of literature of bloodstream infections caused by Gordonia species

Punam Verma; June M Brown; Victor H Nunez; Roger E Morey; Arnold G Steigerwalt; Gerald J Pellegrini; Harold A Kessler

doi:10.1128/JCM.44.5.1905-1908.2006

Native valve endocarditis due to Gordonia polyisoprenivorans: case report and review of literature of bloodstream infections caused by Gordonia species

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 May;44(5):1905-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1905-1908.2006.

Authors

Punam Verma¹, June M Brown, Victor H Nunez, Roger E Morey, Arnold G Steigerwalt, Gerald J Pellegrini, Harold A Kessler

Affiliation

¹ Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Rush Medical College, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. punam.verma@vmmc.org

Abstract

We report the first case of endocarditis caused by Gordonia polyisoprenivorans and concisely review the English literature regarding bloodstream infections caused by Gordonia species.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Actinomycetales Infections / etiology*
Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology
Aged
Aortic Valve / microbiology
Bacteremia / etiology*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Gordonia Bacterium / classification
Gordonia Bacterium / genetics
Gordonia Bacterium / isolation & purification
Gordonia Bacterium / pathogenicity*
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve / microbiology
Molecular Sequence Data

Substances

DNA, Bacterial

Associated data

GENBANK/DQ385609