Native Valve Endocarditis due to Ralstonia pickettii: A Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Blood culture results as referenced by days after hospital admission with day 1 being the day of admission. Surgical intervention with aortic valve replacement occurred on day 6 of hospitalization. Organism identified in all cultures was Ralstonia pickettii.

DPA	Culture source	Culture result	TTP hours
1	Blood	+	<24
2	Blood	+	<24
3	Blood	+	<24
4	Blood	+	<24
6	Aorta	+	<24
7	Blood	−	NA
8	Blood	−	NA
9	Blood	−	NA

DPA: days postadmission; TTP: time to positivity in hours.