Zaidi S Javed, Husayni Tarek, Collins Mary A
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.
Cardiol Young. 2018 May;28(5):762-764. doi: 10.1017/S1047951118000070. Epub 2018 Feb 15.
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.
孪生球菌属是在人类消化道中发现的革兰氏阳性菌属。它们很少引起全身性疾病,但最近已被证实与几种严重感染有关。我们报告了一名23岁的患者感染性心内膜炎,该患者在婴儿期接受干预后患有二叶式主动脉瓣,此次感染由贝氏孪生球菌引起。