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Case Reports
. 2021 Apr 2:24:e01109.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01109. eCollection 2021.

Endocarditis caused by Thalassospira sp

Laurène Deconinck  1 , Rémi Gschwind  2 , Marie Petitjean  2 , Signara Gueye  3 , Véronique Leflon-Guibout  4 , Naouale Maataoui  2   3 , Emilie Rondinaud  2   3 , Augustin Suard  5 , Katell Gallais  5 , Rainui Richaud  5 , Adeline Fuchs  6 , Bernard Iung  6   7 , Soleiman Alkhoder  8 , Sophie Ismaël  1 , Julia Herrou  1 , Héloïse Prié  1 , Laurence Armand-Lefèvre  2   3 , Camille d'Humières  2   3 , Etienne Ruppé  2   3
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Endocarditis caused by Thalassospira sp

Laurène Deconinck et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

We report a case of an infective endocarditis caused by a Thalassospira sp. in a 53-year-old man with pre-existing valvular lesions and living in French Polynesia as a fisherman. The strain was identified with DNA-sequecing methods while it was not by mass spectrometry.

Keywords: Infective endocarditis; Nanopore sequencing; Next-Generation Sequencing; Thalassospira.

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Fig. 1
Gram staining of the aortic valve showing the curved (arrow 1) and spiral (arrow 2) shapes of Thalassospira sp. (panel A) and aspects of the colonies after 48 -h incubation on COH agar medium (panel B).
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