Corynebacterium jeikeium endocarditis: A case report and comprehensive review of an underestimated infection
Diphtheroids are gram-positive pleomorphic bacilli in the family of Coryneform bacteria. These organisms are present as part of the human flora. Past practice habits had been to consider them as contaminants when isolated from clinical samples. Corynebacterium jeikeium is one of the most clinically...
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| author | Kaveh Rezaei Bookani Rachel Marcus Eyad Cheikh Monireh Parish Usman Salahuddin |
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| description | Diphtheroids are gram-positive pleomorphic bacilli in the family of Coryneform bacteria. These organisms are present as part of the human flora. Past practice habits had been to consider them as contaminants when isolated from clinical samples. Corynebacterium jeikeium is one of the most clinically important nondiphtherial Corynebacteria that can cause different forms of infections specifically in patients with underlying risk factors and co-morbidities including immunocompromised subjects. Through this article, we present a 67-year-old gentleman with extensive co-morbidities including heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and ESRD on hemodialysis through a femoral catheter who presented with chest pain and fatigue. Further investigation confirmed diagnosis of C. jeikeium endocarditis. We go on to review previously reported cases of C. jeikeium endocarditis and we will discuss different aspects of C. jeikeium infection with a focus on microbiology, pathophysiology, and treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b15254eedc334c019bda781e3807e3692022-12-21T22:58:52ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092018-01-0111C263010.1016/j.idcr.2017.11.004Corynebacterium jeikeium endocarditis: A case report and comprehensive review of an underestimated infectionKaveh Rezaei Bookani0Rachel Marcus1Eyad Cheikh2Monireh Parish3Usman Salahuddin4MedStar Harbor Hospital, 3001 South Hanover St, Baltimore, MD 21225, United StatesCardiology Department, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, United StatesInternal Medicine Department, MedStar Harbor Hospital, United StatesInternal Medicine Department, Providence Hospital, Washington, DC, United StatesCardiology Department, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, United StatesDiphtheroids are gram-positive pleomorphic bacilli in the family of Coryneform bacteria. These organisms are present as part of the human flora. Past practice habits had been to consider them as contaminants when isolated from clinical samples. Corynebacterium jeikeium is one of the most clinically important nondiphtherial Corynebacteria that can cause different forms of infections specifically in patients with underlying risk factors and co-morbidities including immunocompromised subjects. Through this article, we present a 67-year-old gentleman with extensive co-morbidities including heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and ESRD on hemodialysis through a femoral catheter who presented with chest pain and fatigue. Further investigation confirmed diagnosis of C. jeikeium endocarditis. We go on to review previously reported cases of C. jeikeium endocarditis and we will discuss different aspects of C. jeikeium infection with a focus on microbiology, pathophysiology, and treatment.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250917301841CorynebacteriumJeikeiumEndocarditis |
| spellingShingle | Kaveh Rezaei Bookani Rachel Marcus Eyad Cheikh Monireh Parish Usman Salahuddin Corynebacterium jeikeium endocarditis: A case report and comprehensive review of an underestimated infection IDCases Corynebacterium Jeikeium Endocarditis |
| title | Corynebacterium jeikeium endocarditis: A case report and comprehensive review of an underestimated infection |
| title_full | Corynebacterium jeikeium endocarditis: A case report and comprehensive review of an underestimated infection |
| title_fullStr | Corynebacterium jeikeium endocarditis: A case report and comprehensive review of an underestimated infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corynebacterium jeikeium endocarditis: A case report and comprehensive review of an underestimated infection |
| title_short | Corynebacterium jeikeium endocarditis: A case report and comprehensive review of an underestimated infection |
| title_sort | corynebacterium jeikeium endocarditis a case report and comprehensive review of an underestimated infection |
| topic | Corynebacterium Jeikeium Endocarditis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250917301841 |
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