Back to Search
Start Over
Gemella bergeri infective endocarditis: a case report and brief review of literature
- Source :
- Cardiology in the young. 28(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
-
Abstract
- Gemellais a genus of Gram-positive bacteria found in the digestive tract of humans. They rarely cause systemic illness but have been recently implicated in several serious infections. We report infective endocarditis caused byGemella bergeriin a 23-year-old with a bicuspid aortic valve status post-intervention in infancy.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Aortic valve
Male
030106 microbiology
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Microbiology
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Bicuspid aortic valve
Gemella bergeri
Gemella
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Gram-Positive Cocci
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
biology
business.industry
Myocardium
General Medicine
Endocarditis, Bacterial
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Anti-Bacterial Agents
medicine.anatomical_structure
Infective endocarditis
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Digestive tract
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Vegetation (pathology)
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14671107
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cardiology in the young
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5c0f0667372b9ebc1274f802770ac909