Gemella morbillorum Endocarditis

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作者
Ural, Serap [1 ]
Yurtsever, Sureyya Gul [2 ]
Ormen, Bahar [1 ]
Turker, Nesrin [1 ]
Kaptan, Figen [1 ]
El, Sibel [1 ]
Akyildiz, Zehra Ilke [3 ]
Coskun, Nejat Ali [1 ]
机构
[1] Katip Celebi Univ, Ataturk Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Izmir, Turkey
[2] Katip Celebi Univ, Ataturk Training & Res Hosp, Dept Clin Microbiol, Izmir, Turkey
[3] Katip Celebi Univ, Ataturk Training & Res Hosp, Dept Cardiol, Izmir, Turkey
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10.1155/2014/456471
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R51 [传染病];
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100401 ;
摘要
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 patientwas 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 x 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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