Infective Endocarditis Due to Kingella denitrificans
Authors: IRA S. GOLDMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1980)

Letters1 July 1980Infective Endocarditis Due to Kingella denitrificansIRA S. GOLDMAN, M.D., PAUL D. ELLNER, PH.D., ELLIOTT L. FRANCKE, M.D., GLENDA J. GARVEY, M.D., HAROLD C. NEU, M.D., NORDEEN SQUILLA, M.D.IRA S. GOLDMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL D. ELLNER, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, ELLIOTT L. FRANCKE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GLENDA J. GARVEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD C. NEU, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, NORDEEN SQUILLA, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-93-1-152_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: Attention has focused recently on a number of slow-growing, fastidious, gram-negative bacteria, all upper respiratory commensal flora, as causes of infective endocarditis (1): Cardiobacterium hominis, Haemophilus aphrophilus, and Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, patients with underlying valvular heart disease presumably develop vegetations on their valves after bacteremia from an upper respiratory site. Due to the unusual growth characteristics of these organisms, isolation is difficult and the diagnosis may be missed. We haave seen a patient with endocarditis caused by Kingella denitrificans, another member of this group.A 31-year-old man with aortic stenosis and insufficiency was admitted to Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center...References1. ELLNERROSENTHALLERNERMCHENRY JMPM. Infective endocarditis caused by slow-growing, fastidious, gram-negative bacteria. Medicine (Baltimore). 1979;58:145-58. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. VON GRAEVENITZGREENWOODPRICE AJK. Miscellaneous fermentative eugonic gram-negative bacteria. In: Diagnostic Procedures in Bacterial, Mycotic, and Parasitic Infections. 6th ed. Washington, D.C.; American Public Health Association; In press. Google Scholar3. HOLLISWIGGINSWEAVER DGR. An unclassified gram-negative rod isolated from the pharynx on Thayer-Martin medium (selective agar). Appl Microbiol. 1972;24:772-7. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. HENRIKSEN S. Corroding bacteria from a respiratory tract: I. Moraxella kingii. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand. 1969;75:85-90. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. SUTTONO'KEEFFEBUNDOCKJEBOULTTESTER RMMJM. Isolation of a new Moraxella from a corneal abscess. J Med Microbiol. 1972;5:148-50. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY 10032 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByA Case of Suppurative Peritonitis by a Commensal Oral Organism, Kingella denitrificans , in an Adult Peritoneal Dialysis PatientPeritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis Due to Kingella Denitrificans : The First Case ReportType 4 Pili in the Families Moraxellaceae and NeisseriaceaeORAL MICROFLORA AS A CAUSE OF ENDOCARDITIS AND OTHER DISTANT SITE INFECTIONSType-4 pili of Kingella denitrificansIdentification of four complete type 4 pilin genes in a single Kingella denitrificans genomeIdentification of type 4 pili in Kingella denitrificansPrevention of Infective Endocarditis: A Review of the Medical and Dental LiteratureKingella kingae bacteremia and adult epiglottitis in a granulocytopenic hostGlucose Nonfermenting Gram-Negative RodsSepticaemia with probable endocarditis caused by Kingella denitrificansCase Report: Kingella denitrificans Prosthetic EndocarditisInfective endocarditis caused by Kingella denitrificans.Endocarditis due toKingella kingae 1 July 1980Volume 93, Issue 1_Part_1Page: 152-153KeywordsBacteremiaCardiovascular therapyEndocarditisGram negative bacteriaHaemophilusStenosis Issue Published: 1 July 1980 PDF DownloadLoading ...