Infectious Endocarditis Caused by Rothia dentocariosa
Authors: FRANK J. SCHAFER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1979)

Brief Reports1 November 1979Infectious Endocarditis Caused by Rothia dentocariosaFRANK J. SCHAFER, M.D., EDWARD J. WING, M.D., CARL W. NORDEN, M.D.FRANK J. SCHAFER, M.D., EDWARD J. WING, M.D., CARL W. NORDEN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-91-5-747 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRothia dentocariosa, an aerophilic gram-positive coccobacillus, is part of the normal flora of the oral cavity. Although it was first isolated from humans in 1949 (1) and has subsequently been isolated from multiple sites (2-4), its potential as a human pathogen is unclear. The only well-described cases of infections caused by this organism have been in a patient with an appendiceal abscess (3) and in one with a pilonidal abscess (4). 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