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Endocarditis Caused by Nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae.


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.

SUBMITTER: Henriet SSV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9464071 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Endocarditis Caused by Nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Henriet Stefanie S V SSV   Langereis Jeroen D JD   Lo Stephanie W SW   Bentley Stephen S   Mesman Rob J RJ   Fejzic Zina Z   van Niftrik Laura L   van Sorge Nina M NM   Wertheim Heiman F L HFL   de Jonge Marien I MI   Cremers Amelieke J H AJH  

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20220901 4


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. ...[more]

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