A pediatric case of Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis

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Suresh, Priyanka [1 ]
Blackwood, R. Alexander [1 ]
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[1] Univ Michigan, Sch Med, Dept Pediat & Communicable Dis, D5101 Med Profess Bldg-SPC 5718,East Med Ctr Dr 1, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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Cardiobacterium hominis; endocarditis; HACEK;
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R51 [传染病];
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endocarditis is relatively rare in pediatrics but when they occur they are most frequently caused by one of the HACEK ( Haemophilus species, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, C. hominis, Eikenella corrodens and Kingella kingae) group of microorganisms. Within the HACEK group of microorganisms there have been approximately 100 cases of Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis reported in the literature, but only 2 previous cases of endocarditis and one case of pericarditis have been reported in children. In this report, we present a case of a 12-year-old boy with a right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit for Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia who presented at an annual cardiology examination with a 3 week history of fatigue and was found to have a vegetation on routine echocardiogram. Subsequent blood cultures grew Cardiobacterium hominis and the patient was treated successfully with 6 weeks of appropriate antibiotic therapy. We present this case and a review of the literature of the HACEK group of microorganisms in pediatrics.
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