Early-onset prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Inquilinus sp.

• Main Authors: Pattarachai Kiratisin, Pornpan Koomanachai, Premwadee Kowwigkai, Supanit Pattanachaiwit, Nalinee Aswapokee, Amornrut Leelaporn
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/23501

Inquilinus is the newly described genus and has never been recognized as a cause of infective endocarditis. We report a case of early-onset prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Inquilinus sp. in a tetralogy of Fallot patient who presented with heart failure. The bacterium was recovered from 11 co...