Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Kara Rognrud; Andrew M Diaz; Collin Hill; Melissa A Kershaw

doi:10.1155/2020/7185834

Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Case Rep Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 9:2020:7185834. doi: 10.1155/2020/7185834. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Kara Rognrud¹, Andrew M Diaz¹, Collin Hill¹, Melissa A Kershaw^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Christian Hospital, St. Louis 63136, MO, USA.
² Department of Medical Education, A.T. Still University, Kirksville 63501, MO, USA.

Abstract

A 47-year-old male with no significant medical history was hospitalized for bacteremia and diagnosed with endocarditis. The organism isolated was a Gram-negative bacillus-Sphingomonas paucimobilis. There are only a few reported cases of endocarditis caused by S. paucimobilis, and to our knowledge, this is the first in the United States.

Publication types

Case Reports