Human Infective Endocarditis Caused by Streptococcus suis Serotype 2

Human infective endocarditis due to Streptococcus suis occurs infrequently. The case of a 43-year-old male who sustained life-threatening infective endocarditis is reported. Since growth of S. suis on commonly used sheep blood agar plates resembles viridans streptococci, diagnosis of S. suis constit...

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Published inJournal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 43; no. 9; pp. 4898 - 4901
Main Authors Heidt, Martin C, Mohamed, Walid, Hain, Torsten, Vogt, Paul Robert, Chakraborty, Trinad, Domann, Eugen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.09.2005
Subjects
Adult
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Case Reports
Culture Media
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Miscellaneous
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Serotyping
Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis
Streptococcal Infections - microbiology
Streptococcus suis
Streptococcus suis - classification
Streptococcus suis - genetics
Streptococcus suis - isolation & purification
Human
Streptococcaceae
Microbiology
Heart disease
Endocardial disease
Endocarditis
Streptococcus suis
Cardiovascular disease
Bacteria
Micrococcales
Serotype
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Summary:Human infective endocarditis due to Streptococcus suis occurs infrequently. The case of a 43-year-old male who sustained life-threatening infective endocarditis is reported. Since growth of S. suis on commonly used sheep blood agar plates resembles viridans streptococci, diagnosis of S. suis constitutes a diagnostic pitfall. Identification was accomplished by using molecular methods.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Medical Microbiology, Hospital of the Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Frankfurter Strasse 107, D-35392 Giessen, Germany. Phone: 49 641-9941287. Fax: 49 641-9941259. E-mail: eugen.domann@mikrobio.med.uni-giessen.de.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.43.9.4898-4901.2005