Case of Triple Endocarditis Caused by Rothia dentocariosa and Results of a Survey in France

作者：Robert Sekun Kong, Alexandre Mebazaa, Bertrand Heitz, Dominique André De Briel, Martine Kiredjian, Laurent Raskine, Didier M. Payen · 发表于：Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 年份：1998 · DOI：10.1128/jcm.36.1.309-310.1998 · 被引用次数：26 · 研究领域：Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus、Mycobacterium research and diagnosis、Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

This is the first case of endocarditis in which Rothia dentocariosa was cultured from three affected valves. In addition, the records of two microbiology laboratories in France showed that R. dentocariosa was rarely involved in severe infection and that positive blood cultures were not associated with endocarditis.