Agrobacterium radiobacter Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
Authors: GARY R. PLOTKIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1980)

Brief Reports1 December 1980Agrobacterium radiobacter Prosthetic Valve EndocarditisGARY R. PLOTKIN, M.D.GARY R. PLOTKIN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-93-6-839 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAerobic, facultatively anaerobic, and obligately anaerobic gram-negative bacteria have been isolated from 10% to 40% of cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis. Such isolates have includedProteus, Escherichia coli, Serratia marcescens, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter, Salmonella, Haemophilus, Achromobacter, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, Alcaligenes faecalis, Actinobacillus actinomycetem-comitans, Eikenella corrodens, Brucella, Cardiobacterium hominis, Neisseria, and Bacteroides fragilis(1, 2). Described herein is the first reported case of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused byAgrobacterium radiobacter, a gram-negative soil bacterium. 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