RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Gemella morbillorum endocarditis
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1135
OP 1137
VO 24
IS 10
A1 Hussam Al Soub
A1 Sittana S. El-Shafie
A1 Abdel-Latif M. Al-Khal
A1 Amar M. Salam
YR 2003
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/24/10/1135.abstract
AB A case of Gemella morbillorum (G.morbillorum) endocarditis of the mitral valve in a patient with previously normal heart valves is reported. The presentation was subacute, and the infection was complicated by perforation of the posterior mitral leaflet that necessitated valve repair. Gemella morbillorum infections are uncommon, and endocarditis is the most common presentation. G.morbillorum endocarditis is probably under recognized, and has not been reported from our region. The case is described, and problems in the identification of the organism are discussed.