[Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis. A case report].

We report the case of a Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis causing an acute mitral insufficiency complicated of left heart failure. The patient has been treated after a few days by surgical valvuloplasty. Cardiobacterium hominis is a bacteria of the HACCEK group, bacille gram-negative, sometimes anaerobic, difficult to isolate.