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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ural, Serap, Gul Yurtsever, Sureyya, Ormen, Bahar, Turker, Nesrin, Kaptan, Figen, El, Sibel, Akyildiz, Zehra Ilke, Coskun, Nejat Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4273548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25544914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/456471
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Sumario: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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