Gemella morbillorum Endocarditis

Infective endocarditis caused by Gemella morbillorum is a rare disease. In this report 67-year-old male patient with G. morbillorum endocarditis was presented. The patient was hospitalized as he had a fever of unknown origin and in the two of the three sets of blood cultures taken at the first day o...

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Published inCase reports in infectious diseases Vol. 2014; no. 2014; pp. 1 - 3
Main Authors Coskun, Nejat Ali, El, Sibel, Kaptan, Figen, Turker, Nesrin, Ormen, Bahar, Gul Yurtsever, Sureyya, Ural, Serap, Akyildiz, Zehra Ilke
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2014
Hindawi Limited
Subjects
Abdomen
Antibiotics
Body temperature
Cardiology
Case Report
Heart surgery
Infectious diseases
Laboratories
Medical imaging
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Prostheses
Spleen
Substance abuse treatment
Vegetation
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Summary:Infective endocarditis caused by Gemella morbillorum is a rare disease. In this report 67-year-old male patient with G. morbillorum endocarditis was presented. The patient was hospitalized as he had a fever of unknown origin and in the two of the three sets of blood cultures taken at the first day of hospitalization G. morbillorum was identified. The transthoracic echogram revealed 14 × 10 mm vegetation on the aortic noncoronary cuspis. After 4 weeks of antibiotic therapy, the case was referred to the clinic of cardiovascular surgery for valve surgery.
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Academic Editor: Paola Di Carlo
ISSN:2090-6625
2090-6633
DOI:10.1155/2014/456471