Intracranial Hemorrhaging Following <i>Cardiobacterium hominis</i> Endocarditis

Abstract

Acute infectious endocarditis (IE) is a complex disease that presents as a serious clinical condition associated with a high mortality rate, especially due to intracranial hemorrhaging (ICH). The most common causative organism is Staphylococcus aureus. We herein report a patient with ICH following subacute IE with a positive blood culture for Cardiobacterium hominis . A review of the existing literature revealed that acute IE associated with Cardiobacterium has been reported to cause ICH in only seven previous cases. Prolonged culture-specific antibiotic therapy along with extended surveillance of blood culture is therefore essential for timely intervention.

A rare case of Streptococcus anginosus infectious intracranial aneurysm: Proper management of a poor prognosis

“…Other Gram-positive bacteria including Enterococci as well as a few Gram-negative pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella make up the remainder of cases. [ 2 , 9 , 11 , 15 ] In addition, few rare cases of IIA have been reported with unique viral (e.g., HIV-1 and VZV) and fungal (e.g., Aspergillus and Candida ) etiologies. [ 6 ] In this report, we have included a brief summary of well documented IIA cases of rare and unusual causative organisms [ Table 1 ].…”

Cardiobacterium hominis infective endocarditis: A literature review

“…We searched the PubMed database to identify case reports of C. hominis IE and found 44 cases reported between January 2000 and June 2022 [1] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] , [32] , [33] , [34] , [35] , [36] , [37] , [38] , [39] , [40] , [41] , [42] , [43] , [44] , [45] , [46] , [47] . Herein, previously reported cases of C. hominis IE were reviewed and summarized.…”

Exploration of Shoulder Abscess Association With Prompt Aggregatibacter aphrophilus Growth in Infective Endocarditis

“…A. aphrophilus is commonly associated with dental infections but has also been linked to cases of infective endocarditis (IE) [2]. Infections from any of the HACEK organisms typically lead to very poor outcomes and can be difficult to manage, especially when complicated by intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) [3]. These organisms typically colonize the oropharynx and tend to be very difficult to grow on blood cultures [4].…”