Endocarditis Caused by Nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae

Stefanie S V Henriet; Jeroen D Langereis; Stephanie W Lo; Stephen Bentley; Rob J Mesman; Zina Fejzic; Laura van Niftrik; Nina M van Sorge; Heiman F L Wertheim; Marien I de Jonge; Amelieke J H Cremers

doi:10.1093/cid/ciac079

Endocarditis Caused by Nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae

Stefanie S V Henriet
, Jeroen D Langereis
, Stephanie W Lo
, Stephen Bentley
, Rob J Mesman
, Zina Fejzic
, Laura van Niftrik
, Nina M van Sorge
, Heiman F L Wertheim
, Marien I de Jonge
, Amelieke J H Cremers

Department of Life Sciences

Radboud University Nijmegen
Parasites and Microbes Programme
Wellcome Sanger Institute
University Medical Centre St. Radboud
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

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Abstract

The Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule is regarded as indispensable in bacteremia. We report an infant with a ventricular septal defect and infective endocarditis caused by nontypeable S. pneumoniae. In-depth investigation confirmed a deficient capsule yet favored pneumococcal fitness for causing infective endocarditis, rather than a host immune disorder, as the cause of infective endocarditis in this case.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	719-722
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	75
Issue number	4
Early online date	2 Feb 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac079
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2022

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Keywords

Endocarditis/diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial/diagnosis
Humans
Infant
Pneumococcal Infections/diagnosis
Pneumonia
Streptococcus pneumoniae

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