A pediatric case of Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis

Gram negative endocarditis is relatively rare in pediatrics but when they occur they are most frequently caused by one of the HACEK (Haemophilus species, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, C. hominis, Eikenella corrodens and Kingella kingae) group of microorganisms. Within the HACEK group of micr...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Infectious disease reports 2013-06, Vol.5 (1), p.e7-e7
Main Authors: Suresh, Priyanka, Blackwood, R. Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Cardiobacterium hominis, endocarditis, HACEK
Cardiology
Case Report
Children
Echocardiography
Endocarditis
Literature reviews
Microorganisms
Pediatrics
Pericarditis
Pulmonary arteries
Pulmonary artery
Tetralogy of Fallot
Ventricle
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Gram negative endocarditis is relatively rare in pediatrics but when they occur they are most frequently caused by one of the HACEK (Haemophilus species, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, C. hominis, Eikenella corrodens and Kingella kingae) group of microorganisms. Within the HACEK group of microorganisms there have been approximately 100 cases of Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis reported in the literature, but only 2 previous cases of endocarditis and one case of pericarditis have been reported in children. In this report, we present a case of a 12-year-old boy with a right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit for Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia who presented at an annual cardiology examination with a 3 week history of fatigue and was found to have a vegetation on routine echocardiogram. Subsequent blood cultures grew Cardiobacterium hominis and the patient was treated successfully with 6 weeks of appropriate antibiotic therapy. We present this case and a review of the literature of the HACEK group of microorganisms in pediatrics.
ISSN:2036-7449
2036-7430
2036-7449
DOI:10.4081/idr.2013.e7