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Gemella bergeri infective endocarditis: a case report and brief review of literature

Part of: Infectious

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

S. Javed Zaidi Open the ORCID record for S. Javed Zaidi [Opens in a new window] ,
Tarek Husayni  and
Mary A. Collins
S. Javed Zaidi*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL, USA Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Advocate Bromenn Medical Center, Normal, IL, USA
Tarek Husayni
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
Mary A. Collins
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
*
Author for correspondence: S. J. Zaidi, MD, Pediatric Cardiologist, Advocate Bromenn Medical Center, St 1100, 1302 Franklin Av, Normal, IL 61761, USA. Tel: 309 268 2928; Fax: 309 268 2907; E-mail: syedjaved.zaidi@advocatehealth.com
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Abstract

Gemella is 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 by Gemella bergeri in a 23-year-old with a bicuspid aortic valve status post-intervention in infancy.

Keywords

Aortic valvebicuspidGram-positive coccivegetationCHD
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , May 2018 , pp. 762 - 764
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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