Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Neisseria elongata Subsp nitroreducens

作者：Osuka Hanako^*; Ichiki Akito; Yamamoto Masae; Kawahata Daisuke; Saegusa Yuki; Oishi Tsuyoshi; Okubo Shinji; Hitomi Shigemi

来源：Internal Medicine, 2015, 54(7): 853-856.

DOI：10.2169/internalmedicine.54.2738

• Neisseria elongata subsp nitroreducens
• infective endocarditis
• native valve

Neisseria elongata, a normal resident in the human oral cavity, rarely causes invasive infections. We herein report a case of endocarditis caused by Neisseria elongata subsp. nitroreducens that occurred in a patient without any apparent cardiac complications. The patient received aortic valve replacement following the administration of intravenous beta-lactam for five weeks. To our knowledge, this is the first published case in Japan of N. elongata infection in a patient without a prosthetic device.

• 出版日期2015