Obstructive heart failure with Cardiobacterium hominis infective endocarditis
Anita Singh,
Angel Porras,
Francisco Ujueta,
Saberio Lo Presti,
Nicholas Camps
Affiliations
Anita Singh
Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 4300 Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Angel Porras
Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 4300 Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Francisco Ujueta
Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 4300 Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL, USA; Corresponding author at: Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 4300 Alton Road, Suite 2070A, Miami Beach, FL, 33140, USA.
Saberio Lo Presti
Columbia University Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 4300 Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Nicholas Camps
Department of Infectious Diseases, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 4300 Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL, USA
We illustrate the progression of Cardiobacterium hominis infective endocarditis in a patient with a bioprosthetic mitral valve and decompensated heart failure secondary to an obstructive septic vegetation.
