Gemella morbillorum endocarditis in a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve

Gemella morbillorum is one of the rare causative microorganisms of endocarditis. We herein report a case of infective endocarditis in a patient with bicuspid aortic valve caused by G. morbillorum. Infective endocarditis diagnosis was established based on the Modified Duke’s criteria. The patient was...

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Autores principales: Dogan, Mustafa, Eren Topkaya, Aynur, Alpsoy, Seref, Gur, Ozcan, Erdem, Ilknur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8039096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33851086
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2020.39206
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Sumario:Gemella morbillorum is one of the rare causative microorganisms of endocarditis. We herein report a case of infective endocarditis in a patient with bicuspid aortic valve caused by G. morbillorum. Infective endocarditis diagnosis was established based on the Modified Duke’s criteria. The patient was successfully treated with medical-surgical management.

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