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

S Javed Zaidi, Tarek Husayni, Mary A Collins

Journal: Cardiology in the young 2018;28(5):762-764

PMID: 29444729

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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.

Address: 1Division of Pediatric Cardiology,Advocate Children's Hospital,Oak Lawn,IL,USA.; 3Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease,Advocate Children's Hospital,Oak Lawn,IL,USA.

DOI: 10.1017/S1047951118000070

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MeSH Terms: Anti-Bacterial Agents, Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Endocarditis, Bacterial, Gemella, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine, Male, Myocardium, Young Adult