Cellulosimicrobium cellulans aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis.
Jacopo MonticelliRiccardo GerloniClaudio FarinaAnna KnezevichFranca DoreRoberto LuzzatiPublished in: Access microbiology (2019)
Isolation of coryneform bacteria on blood culture should not always be discarded as blood culture contamination. In the case of endocarditis due to Cellulosimicrobium spp., the removal of any prosthetic material, along with prolonged in vitro active antimicrobial therapy, should be pursued in order to reduce persistence or relapses of infection.