Case Report
Native Valve Endocarditis due to Veillonella Species: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Table 1
Cases of endocarditis due to Veillonella species.
| | Age/gender | Valve involved | Type of valve | Organism | Antibiotics | Surgery | Microbiologic and clinical cure |
| (1) [6] | 35/M | Mitral | Native | Veillonella alcalescens | Penicillin G, sulfadiazine, heparin, and para-aminohippurate for 18 months | No | Yes |
| (2) [8] | 60/M | Aortic | Native | Veillonella alcalescens | Cephapirin and gentamicin (2 weeks) and oral penicillin V for 6 months | Yes | Yes |
| (3) [5] | 57/F | Mitral | Prosthetic | Veillonella dispar | Ampicillin 2 weeks and clindamycin and metronidazole 2 weeks | Yes | Yes |
| (4) [12] | NA | Mitral, aortic, and tricuspid | NA | Veillonella parvula | Clindamycin | No | Yes |
| (5) [13] | 51/M | Mitral | Prosthetic | Veillonella alcalescens | Penicillin G for 6 weeks | Yes | Yes |
| (6) [4] | 56/M | Mitral | Prosthetic | Veillonella dispar | Penicillin G for 6 weeks | No | Yes |
| (7) [7] | 49/M | Mitral | Prosthetic | Veillonella parvula | Metronidazole for 6 weeks | Yes | Yes |
| (8) [9] | 75/F | Mitral and aortic | Native | Veillonella montpellierensis | Amoxicillin (6 weeks) and gentamicin (3 weeks) | No | Information not available |
| (9) Present work | 76/M | Mitral | Native | Veillonella | Ceftriaxone for 6 weeks | No | Yes |
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M: male; F: female; NA: not available.
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