A First Report of Rothia aeria Endocarditis Complicated by Cerebral Hemorrhage

Norihito Tarumoto; Keisuke Sujino; Toshiyuki Yamaguchi; Takashi Umeyama; Hideaki Ohno; Yoshitsugu Miyazaki; Shigefumi Maesaki

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7946

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A First Report of Rothia aeria Endocarditis Complicated by Cerebral Hemorrhage

Norihito Tarumoto, Keisuke Sujino, Toshiyuki Yamaguchi, Takashi Umeyama, Hideaki Ohno, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, Shigefumi Maesaki

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Keywords: Rothia aeria, infective endocarditis, Nocardia, acid-fast stain

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2012 Volume 51 Issue 23 Pages 3295-3299

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7946

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Abstract

We herein report the first case of infective endocarditis attributable to Rothia aeria, which had a fatal outcome after cerebral hemorrhagic infarction and was not susceptible to vancomycin. If Gram-positive bacillary or filamentous bacteria that form white, coarse, dry colonies are detected, keeping the possibility of Rothia species in mind is advisable because members of this species can cause severe infections.

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