Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A Case Report and Literature Review
A 47-year-old male with no significant medical history was hospitalized for bacteremia and diagnosed with endocarditis. The organism isolated was a Gram-negative bacillus—Sphingomonas paucimobilis. There are only a few reported cases of endocarditis caused by S. paucimobilis, and to our knowledge, t...
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| description | A 47-year-old male with no significant medical history was hospitalized for bacteremia and diagnosed with endocarditis. The organism isolated was a Gram-negative bacillus—Sphingomonas paucimobilis. There are only a few reported cases of endocarditis caused by S. paucimobilis, and to our knowledge, this is the first in the United States. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-efef4ae9c07e4f1f8eff52da532ae19b2025-02-03T06:05:30ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332020-01-01202010.1155/2020/71858347185834Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A Case Report and Literature ReviewKara Rognrud0Andrew M. Diaz1Collin Hill2Melissa A. Kershaw3Department of Cardiology, Christian Hospital, St. Louis 63136, MO, USADepartment of Cardiology, Christian Hospital, St. Louis 63136, MO, USADepartment of Cardiology, Christian Hospital, St. Louis 63136, MO, USADepartment of Cardiology, Christian Hospital, St. Louis 63136, MO, USAA 47-year-old male with no significant medical history was hospitalized for bacteremia and diagnosed with endocarditis. The organism isolated was a Gram-negative bacillus—Sphingomonas paucimobilis. There are only a few reported cases of endocarditis caused by S. paucimobilis, and to our knowledge, this is the first in the United States.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7185834 |
| spellingShingle | Kara Rognrud Andrew M. Diaz Collin Hill Melissa A. Kershaw Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A Case Report and Literature Review Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full | Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_short | Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_sort | bacterial endocarditis caused by sphingomonas paucimobilis a case report and literature review |
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