An unusual case of Cardiobacterium valvarum causing aortic endograft infection and osteomyelitis

Background HACEK ( Haemophilus spp., Aggregatibacter spp., Cardiobacterium spp., Eikenella corrodens , and Kingella spp.) group organisms are responsible for 0.8% to 6% of all infective endocarditis cases, with Cardiobacterium spp. being the third most commonly implicated HACEK microorganism. Within this genus is Cardiobacterium valvarum ( C. valvarum ), a novel organism described in 2004. To date, only 15 cases of C. valvarum infection have...