Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Cardiobacterium Hominis Endocarditis of Bioprosthetic Pulmonic Valve: Case Report and Review of Literature

Abstract

Tasaduq Fazili, Timothy Endy, Timothy Endy, Waleed Javaid and Mohsena Amin

Cardiobacterium hominis is a gram-negative rod and is an uncommon cause of infective endocarditis. Here we report the first published case description of C. hominis endocarditis of the pulmonic valve homograft in a patient who had previously undergone the Ross procedure.