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

A first report of Rothia aeria endocarditis complicated by cerebral hemorrhage

Intern Med. 2012;51(23):3295-9. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7946. Epub 2012 Dec 1.

Authors

Norihito Tarumoto¹, Keisuke Sujino, Toshiyuki Yamaguchi, Takashi Umeyama, Hideaki Ohno, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, Shigefumi Maesaki

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Disease and Infection Control, Saitama Medical University, Japan. tarumoto@saitama-med.ac.jp

PMID: 23207128
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7946

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Actinomycetales Infections / complications*
Actinomycetales Infections / drug therapy
Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology*
Adult
Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Micrococcaceae* / drug effects
Micrococcaceae* / genetics
Micrococcaceae* / pathogenicity