Gemella morbillorumEndocarditis

Abstract

Infective endocarditis caused byGemella morbillorumis a rare disease. In this report 67-year-old male patient withG. morbillorumendocarditis was presented. The patient was 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 hospitalizationG. morbillorumwas identified. The transthoracic echogram revealed 14 × 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.