Rothia aeria endocarditis in a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve: case report

doi:10.1016/j.bjid.2014.05.001

Case Reports

. 2014 Sep-Oct;18(5):561-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.05.001. Epub 2014 Jun 4.

Rothia aeria endocarditis in a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve: case report

Antonio Carlos Nicodemo¹, Luiz Guilherme Gonçalves², Fatuma Catherine Atieno Odongo², Marines Dalla Valle Martino³, Jorge Luiz Mello Sampaio⁴

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¹ Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: ac_nicodemo@uol.com.br.
² Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
³ Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Clinical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

PMID: 24905425
PMCID: PMC9428198
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.05.001

Case Reports

Rothia aeria endocarditis in a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve: case report

Antonio Carlos Nicodemo et al. Braz J Infect Dis. 2014 Sep-Oct.

. 2014 Sep-Oct;18(5):561-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.05.001. Epub 2014 Jun 4.

Authors

Antonio Carlos Nicodemo¹, Luiz Guilherme Gonçalves², Fatuma Catherine Atieno Odongo², Marines Dalla Valle Martino³, Jorge Luiz Mello Sampaio⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: ac_nicodemo@uol.com.br.
² Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
³ Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Clinical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

PMID: 24905425
PMCID: PMC9428198
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.05.001

Abstract

Rothia aeria is an uncommon pathogen mainly associated with endocarditis in case reports. In previous reports, endocarditis by R. aeria was complicated by central nervous system embolization. In the case we report herein, endocarditis by R. aeria was diagnosed after acute self-limited diarrhea. In addition to the common translocation of R. aeria from the oral cavity, we hypothesize the possibility of intestinal translocation. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and genetic sequencing are important tools that can contribute to early and more accurate etiologic diagnosis of severe infections caused by Gram-positive rods.

Keywords: Endocarditis; Intestinal translocation; Molecular diagnosis; Rothia aeria.

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[1] Ying L., Yoshiaki K., Nagatoshi F., et al. Rothia aeria sp. nov., Rhodococcus baikonurensis sp. nov. and Arthrobacter russicus sp. nov., isolated from air in the Russian space laboratory Mir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2004;54:827–835. - PubMed

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[4] Maram Z., Guoxian W., Floyd D., et al. Identification of Rothia bacteria as gluten-degrading natural colonizers of the upper gastro-intestinal tract. PLoS ONE. 2011;6:e24455. - PMC - PubMed

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[6] Hiraiwa T., Izumi M. Successful management of Rothia aeria endocarditis with renal transplantation patient: a case report. Eur J Intern Med. 2013;24(Suppl. 1):e204.

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[8] Thiyagarajan A., Balendra A., Hillier D., et al. The first report of survival post Rothia aeria endocarditis. BMJ Case Rep. 2013;2013 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200534. pii: bcr2013200534. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Crowe A., Ding N., Yong E., et al. Rothia aeria mitral valve endocarditis complicated by multiple mycotic aneurysms: laboratory identification expedited using MALDI-TOF MS. Infection. 2014;42(2):419–423. - PubMed

[10] Crowe A., Ding N., Yong E., et al. Rothia aeria mitral valve endocarditis complicated by multiple mycotic aneurysms: laboratory identification expedited using MALDI-TOF MS. Infection. 2014;42(2):419–423. - PubMed

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