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    Cardiobacterium species

    Cardiobacterium species is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.

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    MICROBIOLOGY

    • Gram-negative bacillus, aerobic, on staining may be highly pleomorphic.
      • Part of upper respiratory human flora and occasionally on oral mucosal surfaces, it can be recovered in 70% of normal people.
      • Catalase-negative, oxidase-positive, indole-positive.
      • Slow-growing in traditional media
      • Low-virulence organism
      • Member of HACEK group that may cause endocarditis
    • Major species: Cardiobacterium hominis is the most common human pathogen species, through remains a rare infection overall.
      • Other species:
        • C. valvarum 
      • MALDI-ToF has been helpful at improving proper microbiologic identification.
    • Traditionally, a penicillin-sensitive organism, though in recent years, beta-lactamase production described in some isolates.
      • Aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones also usually active.

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    Last updated: April 5, 2019

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    "Cardiobacterium Species." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2019. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540710/all/Cardiobacterium_species.
    Cardiobacterium species. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540710/all/Cardiobacterium_species. Accessed April 25, 2019.
    Cardiobacterium species. (2019). In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540710/all/Cardiobacterium_species
    Cardiobacterium Species [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. [cited 2019 April 25]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540710/all/Cardiobacterium_species.
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