First report of Kytococcus schroeteri prosthetic valve endocarditis in Oman
- Journal of Microbiology & Experimentation
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Wafa Nasser Al Tamtami,1,2 Fatma Al Yaquobi,3 Amina Al Jardani,4 Mohammed Al Riyami,3 Martin Cormican2
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Abstract
A 38 year-old man with prosthetic mitral and tricuspid valves presented with fever and tachycardia. An organism isolated from aerobic cultures only was ultimately identified as Kytococcus schroeteri. The recognition of the organism as a pathogen is important because of intrinsic penicillin resistance. Patient management was complicated by refusal of surgical treatment.
Keywords
K. schroeteri, prosthetic mitral valve, gram-positive cocci, DNase, fatal infections
