[Endocarditis in heart valve bioprosthesis caused by Cardiobacterium hominis]. / Endocardite em bioprótese valvar cardíaca por Cardiobacterium hominis.

A 36-year-old female patient developed Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis on a mitral valve prosthesis. The etiologic agent was identified in the seventh day of incubation of the blood cultures specimens. Crystalline penicillin (18.10(6) UI daily) and amikacin (800 mg daily) were administered for 42 days. Surgical treatment for heart failure unresponsive to medical treatment was carried on in the eighteenth day of antibiotic therapy. A bovine pericardium prosthesis was inserted. The patient was discharged and is asymptomatic after seven months.

Infecçäo por Listeria monocytogenes pós-transplante renal: relato de seis casos / Infection by Listeria monocytogenes following renal transplantation: report of 6 cases

Säo relatados 6 casos de listeriose em pacientes transplantados renais, que ocorreram entre 13 dias e 57 meses após iniciarem imunossupressäo clássica, sendo 3 casos classificados como meningite, 2 casos como meningoencefalite e 1 caso como bacteremia. Houve um óbito e os 5 pacientes restantes apresentaram boa evoluçäo. Com dados adicionais da literatura, säo discutidos a epidemiologia, o diagnóstico e tratamento, da listeriose pós-transplante renal