Benefits of a Pre-Treatment Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in a Rare Case of Gemella Haemolysans Endocarditis in an 86-Year-Old Patient and a Review of the Literature

Infective endocarditis is a serious condition, which is associated with high mortality in elderly patients. Gemella haemolysans (GH) is a microorganism from the Streptococcus family, rarely involved in infective endocarditis. Here, we present a case of Gemella haemolysans endocarditis in an 86-year-...

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Autores principales: Sadaune, Lucie, Roca, Frédéric, Bordage, Mathilde, Le Guillou, Vincent, Lesourd, Anais, Michel, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6631016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31226808
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55060292
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author Sadaune, Lucie
Roca, Frédéric
Bordage, Mathilde
Le Guillou, Vincent
Lesourd, Anais
Michel, Anne
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description Infective endocarditis is a serious condition, which is associated with high mortality in elderly patients. Gemella haemolysans (GH) is a microorganism from the Streptococcus family, rarely involved in infective endocarditis. Here, we present a case of Gemella haemolysans endocarditis in an 86-year-old patient, successfully treated by antibiotics and surgery following a pre-treatment comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). This case is discussed in the context of a review of all published cases of Gemella haemolysans endocarditis. We illustrate the benefit of a systematic pre-treatment comprehensive geriatric assessment in elderly patients with infective endocarditis.
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spelling pubmed-66310162019-08-19 Benefits of a Pre-Treatment Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in a Rare Case of Gemella Haemolysans Endocarditis in an 86-Year-Old Patient and a Review of the Literature Sadaune, Lucie Roca, Frédéric Bordage, Mathilde Le Guillou, Vincent Lesourd, Anais Michel, Anne Medicina (Kaunas) Case Report Infective endocarditis is a serious condition, which is associated with high mortality in elderly patients. Gemella haemolysans (GH) is a microorganism from the Streptococcus family, rarely involved in infective endocarditis. Here, we present a case of Gemella haemolysans endocarditis in an 86-year-old patient, successfully treated by antibiotics and surgery following a pre-treatment comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). This case is discussed in the context of a review of all published cases of Gemella haemolysans endocarditis. We illustrate the benefit of a systematic pre-treatment comprehensive geriatric assessment in elderly patients with infective endocarditis. MDPI 2019-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6631016/ /pubmed/31226808 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55060292 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Benefits of a Pre-Treatment Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in a Rare Case of Gemella Haemolysans Endocarditis in an 86-Year-Old Patient and a Review of the Literature
title Benefits of a Pre-Treatment Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in a Rare Case of Gemella Haemolysans Endocarditis in an 86-Year-Old Patient and a Review of the Literature
title_full Benefits of a Pre-Treatment Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in a Rare Case of Gemella Haemolysans Endocarditis in an 86-Year-Old Patient and a Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Benefits of a Pre-Treatment Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in a Rare Case of Gemella Haemolysans Endocarditis in an 86-Year-Old Patient and a Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Benefits of a Pre-Treatment Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in a Rare Case of Gemella Haemolysans Endocarditis in an 86-Year-Old Patient and a Review of the Literature
title_short Benefits of a Pre-Treatment Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in a Rare Case of Gemella Haemolysans Endocarditis in an 86-Year-Old Patient and a Review of the Literature
title_sort benefits of a pre-treatment comprehensive geriatric assessment in a rare case of gemella haemolysans endocarditis in an 86-year-old patient and a review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6631016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31226808
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55060292
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